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Mulford's Diphtheria Antitoxin Serum Bottle
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| Accession #: | 3114.1 |
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| Title: | Mulford's Diphtheria Antitoxin Serum Bottle |
| Object Type: | Bottle, Medicine |
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| Physical Description: | Brown glass bottle (a) with stopper and wood box (b) with dovetail corners and sliding lid. |
| Description: | Diphtheria claimed victims with high fever and suffocation when swollen membranes closed the throat. Spokane's Dr. Wilson Lockhart produced an antitoxin serum that helped patients endure the illness. Grace Day vividly remembered using the serum when she had diphtheria as a child. Her note, found in the medicine box when donated, states "this bottle the doctor gave me when I had diphtheria when about 10 years old. Many children died then. The doctor stayed with me all night peeling from my throat black pieces that formed there." She saved the bottle as a reminder. In 1923 a vaccine ended the deadly claim of the disease. |
| Category: | History |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Medicine (Industry), Pharmaceutical (Industry->Medicine)
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| Dimensions: |
Object H x W x D 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/4" a
Object H x W x D 3 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4" b
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| Materials/Techniques: |
glass (Material)
wood (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
"Diphtheria Antitoxic Serum/Prepared at the Biological Laboratory/H.K. Mulford Company," Label on bottle; "150c 9.3.96 date of preparation," On side in pen; "Mulford's/Diphtheria/Antitoxic Serum/"Standard"/No. 2 10cc/...No. 150c Date 9.3.96...," Label on lid of wood box.
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| Credit Line: | Estate of Grace Day, 1984 |
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