Glass and Ivory Vaccinating Points

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From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'

Object Details

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

ID Number

2017.0184.087

accession number

2017.0184

catalog number

2017.0184.087

Object Name

biological

vaccinator, glass points

public health

Physical Description

glass (overall material)

ivory (overall material)

Measurements

overall, as stored: 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm

overall, glass point: 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 3.81 cm x .635 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: Smallpox

Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-757c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_722857