Show Penicillin Penicillin cannot be ba taken by mouth for stomach acids destroy it t. t In some cases where the patient need not stay in bed bed- penicillin is injected into the muscles every three or four hours and is absorbed by y the system It can be applied locally to wounds or injected into pus containing areas and closed I cavities It can be dripped f j a drop at a aime time ime into thel the veins or beneath the skin All these methods require rather constant medical supervision since the druga drug is a excreted rapidly from the system i |