Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom

Title: Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom
Creator: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
Subject: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs
Subject: Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
Date: 1985-03-01
Type: mixed material
Type: photographs
Type: clippings
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122088
Identifier: vital:35206
Description: Caption "Lucky Bean seeds needed. Sir. I have received an appeal from Cape Town for these seeds. Large quantities are required to obtain a tissue plasminogen activator which will be used to manufacture a substance being used experimentally to dissolve blood clots. It the experiments come up to expectations a new drug will be produced for heart attack victims. I have seen many 'kaffirboom' trees in Grahamstown and I appeal to your readers to collect the seeds and leave them at the reception desk of Settlers Hospital. We will forward them to Cape Town. I look forward to the usual co-operation of the Grahamstown citizens. Yours etc. Dr. G. de L. White. Medical Superinendent, Grocott's Mail 1985-03-01."
Format: Clipping (b&w), jpg
Language: English
Rights: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
Rights: This item is made freely accessible via Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

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