Influenza Virus Vaccine, Monovalent Type A - Each ml. Contains 200 CCA Units Asian Strain
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957 - 1958
label: expiration date
content: 1959-03-25
name: label: maker
content: National Drug Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This vaccine was formulated specifically to combat the H2N2 “Asian strain” which caused the Asian Flu pandemic of 1957-58, our first pandemic since 1918, resulting in 70,000 deaths in US. Scientists at Walter Reed Medical Center obtained a sample of the virus in April 1957, and the first vaccines were ready for distribution by September. Thimersol, a mercury derivative, is listed as a preservative. It would eventually be eliminated from most vaccines due to fear that it may cause neurological damage to infants.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
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: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.877
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.877
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: vaccine, influenza
label: Object Type
content: Vaccine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: influenza virus monovalent Type A, Asian strain, 200 CCA units (drug ingredient)
label: Physical Description
content: Thimersol,1:10,000 (drug ingredient)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm; 1 3/4 in x 1 3/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 1 1/8 in x 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm