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Vaccine Bottle - Spanish Influenza, 1919
Reg. No: HT 13153
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- Summary:
- Landmark CSL product. First vaccine to be manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Melbourne for the pandemic of Spanish Influenza in Australia. Vaccine against the Spanish Influenza 1919. A bacterial vaccine.
- Description:
- Glass bottle contianing clear liquid, with label.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 2003
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Overall Dimensions: | 13.90 cm (Height), 4.20 cm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | bottles, spanish influenza, vaccines |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Institutions of the Past, Medicine in Society Collection, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL), Parkville, Victoria |
| On Display at: | Melbourne Museum |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Pharmacy |
| Tertiary Classification: | pharmaceuticals |
| Inscriptions: | [on label] some landmark CSL products. "1919: Bacterial 'Influenza' vaccine for the pandemic of Spanish Influenza in Australia". "Commonwealth of Australia Quarantine Special Influenza 12 Feb 1919" illeg - (from CSL catalogue) |
| Dimension Comment: | Measurements of bottle. |
| Manufacturer: | CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1919 |
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