Kit for Widal Test or Ophthalmia, Health Department, City Hall, Providence
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription reads “FOR WIDAL TEST / OR OPHTHALMIA / HEALTH DEPARTMENT, / CITY HALL, / PROVIDENCE.” The Widal Test, a quick procedure for diagnosing typhoid fever, was developed in 1896 by the French bacteriologist, George Fernand-Widal (1862-1929).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place purchased
content: United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Antibody Initiative: Diagnostics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0072.02
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0072.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diagnostic, gonococcus
label: Object Name
content: diagnostic, typhoid and gonococcus
label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Other Terms
content: Gonococcus Outfit; Biologicals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.9 cm x 17.3 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 6 13/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored: 3/4 in x 6 in x 6 11/16 in; 1.905 cm x 15.24 cm x 16.9545 cm