Smallpox Vaccination Scab Carrier - Dr. F. E. Chatard
date: label: date made
content: 1826-1888
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This small gold case has ornate chasing upon its hinged lid. The bottom half of the case is filled with wax. It is a decorative scab carrier - a scab containing vaccinia virus would have been set upon or within the wax, which, along with the tightly closed case, would have kept the scab moist and fresh. The fresh scab could then be easily carried by a doctor who used it when performing vaccination against smallpox.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The engraved inscription on the lid of the case on reads "Dr. F. E. Chatard." Ferdinand Edme Chatard was born August 3,1805 and died October 18, 1888. He had a general practice in Baltimore and specialized in obstetrics. Chatard received a degree in medicine in 1826 from the University of Maryland. He later studied in France for three years. F.E. Chatard's father had been a physician, as well.
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content: Currently not on view
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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: Smallpox
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content: Gift of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.414
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.414
objectType: label: Object Name
content: smallpox vaccination scab carrier
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass; wax (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .6 cm x 2.7 cm; 1/4 in x 1 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; .635 cm x 2.8575 cm