Object Details
Description
This stainless steel cannister once housed the Jeryl Lynn Strain mumps virus seed stock that was used in the Mumpsvax mumps vaccine made by Merck & Co. Jeryl Lynn Hilleman contracted mumps in 1963. Maurice Hilleman, her father, was leading efforts to produce a mumps vaccine for Merck, and cultured the mumps virus from her throat. In 1967, Merck introduced a widely successful vaccine. The cannister was probably made by the Girton Manufacturing Co., in Millville, Pa.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Merck & Co., Inc.
ID Number
2017.0291.01
catalog number
2017.0291.01
accession number
2017.0291
Object Name
biological
vaccine, mumps, container
Physical Description
rubber; stainless steel; steel (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 26 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 67.31 cm x 21.59 cm
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1859861