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Show Soli Anti-Blotto I A list of antl-biotics produevd from soil bacteria and from molds seems to be almost endless and Is Increasing constantly. While penicillin peni-cillin and streptomycin are the best known, many more are being produced. pro-duced. An English laboratory has brought out aerosporln, which seems to be a specific for whoop Ing cough, typhoid fever and other diseases not touched by penicillin It Is produced by bacteria discovered discov-ered In the soil of Surrey and Yorkshire, York-shire, England. This organism has been Imported Into the United States and probably will become available to physicians throughout the country. |