Test Board of Dried Proteins Used for Skin Tests for the Diagnosis of Allergies
Test Board of Dried Proteins Used for Skin Tests for the Diagnosis of Allergies
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- Description (Brief)
- Test board with 60 small, glass, cork-stoppered vials of proteins. Used for skin tests. The board was part of a larger exhibit panel on Diagnostic Skin Tests that was installed at the Smithsonian in 1922. The individual glass vials of proteins are set in holes drilled through board under six categories: Pollens Dried; Animal Epidermal Extracts Dried; Vegetable Food Extracts Dried; Animal Food Extracts Dried; Animal Protein Dried; Bacteria Dried. All the extant samples appear to be labelled "Golden Rod."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- diagnostic
- allergenic extract, test board
- Other Terms
- Test Board, Dried Proteins; Allergenic Extracts; Biologicals; Drugs
- date made
- ca 1922
- maker
- H. K. Mulford Company
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- cork (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 7/8 in x 12 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 32.7025 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-01600
- catalog number
- M-01600
- accession number
- 68461
- Credit Line
- Gift of H. K. Mulford Company
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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