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G. Raymond Rettew, a West Chester chemist, pioneered the mass production of penicillin, the world's first antibiotic. In 1943, working with Wyeth Laboratories, his lab here in a converted auto repair shop made and sent more penicillin to the Armed Forces than any other lab in the world, saving countless lives on the battlefields of World War II.
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