Add MS 56146

FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. XLI. 28 Aug. 1916-18 April 1917.

ff. i + 77. 260 x 202mm. Hard, green cover with ‘Physics Book’ imprinted on the front. A number of pages have been cut out of the notebook.

Notebook includes:

1. f. 2. Extracts from J. M. Beatties ‘Simple and Inexpensive Methods for Fermentation Tests and for Obtaining Cultures of Anaerobes’, British Medical Journal, 27 May 1916; n.d.

2. ff. 2v-9v. Range of experiments concentrating on the effect of iodine and eusol on a range of bacteria, including perfringens, Forrest I and Shully pseudo tetanus; 28 Aug. 1916.

3. ff. 10-14. Range of experiments to test the effect of carbolic acid, eusol, chloramine, iodine and malachite green on different bacteria in serum; 9 Oct. 1916.

4. ff. 14v-21. Range of experiments examining antiseptics effect on the growth in serum of various bacteria; 25 Aug.-4 Sept. 1916.

5. ff. 22-23, 26. Experiments testing the effect of malachite green and carbolic acid on the growth of anaerobes; 4 Sept., 2 Aug. 1916.

6. ff. 25. Experiment to see the effect of acid on growth of perfringens in serum; 24 Dec. 1916.

7. ff. 27-28, 31-36. Experiments with the Race method – its accuracy and with antiseptics carbolic acid, chloramine and iodine. Results include diagrams of test tubes; 3 Aug.-8 Nov. 1916.

8. ff. 39-41. Experiments with HgCl2, Crystal Violet and Brilliant Green on growth in serum; 2-4 April 1917.

9. ff. 38, 42-44, 47. Experiments with Dakins solution – the action of the solution on pus, its effect on growth in serum, its inhibitory power in serum and its antiseptic action; 2-12 April 1917.

10. ff. 45, 48-49. Experiments relating to the inhibitory power of antiseptics; 31 Jan. 1917.

11. ff. 50-54. Experiments relating to an artificial wound, work includes diagrams; March 1916-5 Jan. 1917.

Links with other notebooks:

56143: Symbiosis and antiseptics (although dates differ)

includes:

• f. 2 James Martin Beattie, pathologist: Notes by A. Fleming taken from Beattie's 'Simple and Inexpensive Methods of Fermentation Tests and for Obtaining Cultures for Anaerobes' published in the British Medical Journal, 1916: n.d.
• ff. 2v-39, 31-36, 38-49 Pharmacology antiseptics: Experiments and notes by A. Fleming: 1916-1949, n.d.
• ff. 22-23, 26 Haematology: Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to serum: 1902-1947, n.d.
• ff. 38, 42-44, 47 Pharmacology antiseptics: Experiments by A. Fleming using Dakin's Solution: 1916-1917.
• ff. 50-54 Pharmacology: Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to artificial wounds, includes diagrams: 1916-1917.