Dr. Wood's Vaccination Shield

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Description:

An inscription on the cardboard package reads in part “DR. WOOD’S / VACCINATION SHIELD” and “Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., U.S.A.” Johnson & Johnson was established in 1886, and offering vaccination of shields of this sort by 1902.

Ref: Fuller & Fuller Co., Drugs, Chemicals, Oils (Chicago, 1906-1907), p. 376.

Date Made: ca 1902 - 1911

Maker: Johnson and Johnson

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, New Brunswick

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, The Antibody Initiative, Antibody Initiative: Smallpox

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Credit Line: Gift of Miss E. P. Custis

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-06942.03Catalog Number: M-06942.03Accession Number: 214851Catalog Number: 214851.50 DUP 1

Object Name: vaccination shieldbiological

Physical Description: celluloid (shield material)fabric (shield material)paper (packaging material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 11.1125 cm x 6.985 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e295-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1446598

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