M0019112: Display of Ivory vaccine points, 1873

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Ivory vaccine points with envelopes inscribed, 1873.

Photograph of a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display of ivory vaccine points used for calf lymph, with envelopes inscribed with the names of various vaccinating stations and bearing dates between 2nd and 4th December 1873. They were acquired by the Museum in 1919 and accessioned in 1949 (accession number R132/1949).

June 1962

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R132/1949

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.