Inscriptions: Botanic Garden: Penicillin
This inscription in the Rose Garden in front of the Botanic Garden in Oxford reads:
THIS ROSE GARDEN WAS GIVEN
IN HONOUR
OF THE RESEARCH
WORKERS IN THIS UNIVERSITY WHO
DISCOVERED THE CLINICAL
IMPORTANCE OF PENICILLIN.
FOR SAVING OF LIFE, RELIEF OF
SUFFERING AND INSPIRATION
TO FURTHER RESEARCH ALL
MANKIND
IS IN THEIR DEBT.
THOSE WHO DID THIS WORK WERE
E P ABRAHAM E CHAIN
C M FLETCHER H W FLOREY
M E FLOREY A D GARDNER
N G HEATLEY M A JENNINGS
J ORR-EWING A G SANDERS
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Presented by the
ALBERT and MARY LASKER FOUNDATION
New York June 1953
The Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation was set up in New York in 1942. It recognizes the contributions of scientists, physicians, and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevention of human disease.