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Vaccine Bottle - Spanish Influenza, 1919 Object Reg. No: HT 13153

Vaccine - Special Influenza
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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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