title: [Penicillin: just in time].
abstract: In the attic of his home the author found papers concerning the case history of a woman who in the first days after the liberation, in April-May 1945, suffered from a severe form of puerperal sepsis. The woman recovered completely after treatment with a totally new drug: penicillin, obtained from the medical supplies of the allied British forces. She probably was the first patient treated with this antibiotic in the Netherlands.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Sijtsema
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010406:Penicillins / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins