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Man being vaccinated

  • Circa 1885

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Interior photograph depicts a man standing next to a laboratory table with a man standing behind the subject holding what appears to be a needle or a medical device. Another man stands behind the subject holding up his shirt and vest as a seated man pulls at the man's pants to prepare the injection site. An onlooker in a uniform holds open a log book.

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  • 3 in. H x 5.25 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 4

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“Man Being Vaccinated,” circa 1885. Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection, Box 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/uovc6fi.

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