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Smallpox Vaccine Virus - Improved Tube-Point - H.K. Mulford

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    Object Details

    maker

    H. K. Mulford Company

    Description (Brief)

    According to the packaging: 1 Capillary Tube-Point - Adapted to the use of either the 'Scratch" or "Multiple Pressure" Method of Vaccinating / Vaccination sufficient for one vaccination in each point / The Multiple Pressure Method is the Last Word in Aseptic Vaccination

    Location

    Currently not on view

    date made

    ca 1934

    expiration date

    1934-06-27

    ID Number

    1978.0882.15

    accession number

    1978.0882

    catalog number

    1978.0882.15

    Object Name

    vaccine, smallpox
    biological

    Other Terms

    Smallpox Vaccine Virus; Vaccines; Biologicals; Drugs; Liquid

    Measurements

    overall: 4 7/8 in x 5/8 in; x 12.3825 cm x 1.5875 cm

    place made

    United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    See more items in

    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    The Antibody Initiative
    Health & Medicine
    Antibody Initiative: Smallpox

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Vaccines

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-51ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_720070

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    Eradicating Smallpox

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