Test Board of Dried Proteins Used for Skin Tests for the Diagnosis of Allergies
date: label: date made
content: ca 1922
name: label: maker
content: H. K. Mulford Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Test board with 60 small, glass, cork-stoppered vials of proteins. Used for skin tests. The board was part of a larger exhibit panel on Diagnostic Skin Tests that was installed at the Smithsonian in 1922. The individual glass vials of proteins are set in holes drilled through board under six categories: Pollens Dried; Animal Epidermal Extracts Dried; Vegetable Food Extracts Dried; Animal Food Extracts Dried; Animal Protein Dried; Bacteria Dried. All the extant samples appear to be labelled "Golden Rod."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H. K. Mulford Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01600
label: catalog number
content: M-01600
label: accession number
content: 68461
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diagnostic
label: Object Name
content: allergenic extract, test board
label: Other Terms
content: Test Board, Dried Proteins; Allergenic Extracts; Biologicals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 7/8 in x 12 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 32.7025 cm x 3.175 cm