Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and Rachel Brown (1898-1980)
Close
Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3566]
Creator:
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 10/28/1955
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3566
In 1950, microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and chemist Rachel Brown (1898-1980), Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, developed an effective antifungal agent (nystatin) for yeast infections. This photograph was distributed in 1955 when Hazen and Brown were given the first Squibb Award for achievements in chemotherapy.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3566
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
10/28/1955
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3566]