Medallions (2)
date: label: date made
content: 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Two large bronze medallions honoring the French scientist who introduced the notion that malaria and yellow fever were transmitted by mosquitos. One has a portrait bust ¾ left, with microscope, and “LOUIS DANIEL BEAUPERTHUY / 1807/1871” and “P. DUPONT.” The other has an image of a mosquito, a stylized map of Africa, and the words “FUT LE / PREMIER / QUI ATTRIBUA / A UN / MOUSTIQUE / LA / TRANSMISSION / DE LA / FIEVRE JAUNE.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Rosario Beauperthuy de Benedetti
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.323575.01
label: catalog number
content: 323575.01
label: accession number
content: 323575
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 16 3/4 in x 1 in; 24.765 cm x 42.545 cm x 2.54 cm