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Roanoke Rapids Becomes Streptomycin Depot For War Drug
Roanoke Rapids Hospital designated by the Civilian Production Administration as a depot for streptomycin and will receive adequate civilian supplies by year’s end. The plant expansion at Elkton and partnerships with Merck and Libby Owens Ford boosted production from 3 000 to 100 000 grams in a month, aiding treatment of blood poisoning tularemia influenza meningitis and resistant urinary infections.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Civilian Production Administration
Imum
Hikton
Rahway
N.J
Merck
Minneapolis- Honeywell Regulator Company
Libby- Owens-Ford -Glass Company
Honeywell
New Jersey
Libbey-Owensford Glass Company
Elkton
Selman A. Waksman
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University