Object Details
- Description
- This object was part of an exhibit on the manufacture and use of biological vaccines for the treatment of smallpox, respiratory infections, influenza, measles, and scarlet fever. Under the direction of the Smithsonian’s curator of medicine, the pharmaceutical company, Sharp & Dohme, designed and produced the exhibit which was installed at the Smithsonian in September 1947. The company became a major U.S. producer of biological products including many vaccines, serums, and antitoxins, after acquiring H. K. Mulford & Company in 1929. The Mulford Company was a pioneer in the commercial development of biologicals in the United States beginning with the production of a diphtheria antitoxin in the mid-1890s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Sharp and Dohme
- date made
- ca 1947
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sharp & Dohme, Inc.
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 5/8 in; x 4.445 cm x 1.5875 cm
- Object Name
- biological
- vaccine, influenza
- Other Terms
- Influenza, Type a-B; Vaccines; Biologicals; Drugs
