Turkey Awards Gold Medal to Prof. Waksman for Streptomycin Discovery

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October 2, 1959

ISTANBUL (Oct. 1)

Prof. Selman A. Waksman, the discoverer of streptothenpain, has been awarded a gold medal by the Turkish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Selman A. Waksman was cheered when he received the award at the opening of the Fifteenth international Tuberculosis Conference here, Israel was represented by two doctors.

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