Director of the National Tuberculosis Association Dr. James Perkins discusses new TB drug 'Rimifon'

Titles: "Science Fights 'White Scourge' & "A Public Service Report, The TB Drugs" superimposed on a man and array of glass containers / Hoffman-Laroche laboratory employees in a room with glass implements; a hand pours a clear liquid with more in a beaker; it is stirred and becomes cloudy / A man pours a thick, white material onto a dish with a bottle of "Rimifon" behind / A man pours a white material onto a dish, a bottle behind: "Rimifon" / a man looking at a bubbling bottle / CU the liquid in a sphere / a pill-making machine that ejects the Rimifon pills / CU thousands of pills, with more being dropped into shot // Staten Island: Exterior of the Seaview Hospital / A woman seated in bed takes a pill and throws her head back; an aged nurse looks on and leaves / SOT the woman, who appears to be reading an off-cam cue card: "They have helped my condition very much. I hope and pray they continue to do so" / caption "Dr. James E. Perkins" superimposed on the doctor with secretary in his office / SOT Perkins notes the medicine hasn't been tested long enough; concerned that Rimifon could have a toxic reaction; tuberculosis will not be eliminated; it is not a preventative / Note: exact day not known