"On Target!" - New York Herald Tribune Cartoon Regarding Dr. Maurice Hilleman's Adenovirus Vaccine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1956
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A glossy print of a June 16, 1956, New York Herald Tribune cartoon. The cartoon depicts syringes labeled "new vaccine" being dropped by an airplane labeled "U.S. Army Medical Research." The syringes fall as if they were bombs, striking a target labeled "The Common Cold Respiratory Ailments", as characters representing viruses attempt to evade the vaccines. The cartoon is captioned "On Target!" and represents the artist's comment about the strategic importance of the adenovirus vaccine in keeping military personnel healthy. Developed by Dr. Hilleman while at the Walter Reed Army Medical Research Institute, the vaccine protected against two of the most common forms of adenovirus, types 4 and 7, which can cause acute respiratory illnesses. Military personnel are especially susceptible to adenovirus transmission because of the close quarters in which they are housed.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3081.07
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3081.07
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content: 2017.3081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cartoon, vaccination, adenovirus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm