Influenza Virus Vaccine, Types A and B - Calcium Phosphate Adsorbed - Refined and Concentrated
date: label: date made
content: 1945 - 1946
label: expiration date
content: 1946-12-25
name: label: maker
content: Parke, Davis and Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: World War II propelled vaccine development and influenza research. Nobody wanted a repeat of the pandemic that devastated the troops and general population in WWI. The influenza virus had finally been identified, and the problem of how to grow it (in chicken eggs) was largely solved. “Prepared in the extra-embryonic fluid of the chick embryo” is stated prominently on this package of one of the earliest influenza virus vaccines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: Subject
content: Vaccines
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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: Influenza
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Parke, Davis & Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06427
label: catalog number
content: M-06427
label: accession number
content: 173771
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: vaccine, influenza
label: Other Terms
content: Influenza Virus Vaccine Type a-B; Vaccines; Biologicals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 7/8 in; x 4.7625 cm x 2.2225 cm