Vaccine

OBJECT TYPE: INJECTED/RECALL DOSE
DATE: before 1970
MODEL: DT POLIO
MANUFACTURER: Connaught Medical Research Labs
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0073

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General Information

Serial #: 361-1
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS BOTTLE FITTED WITH METAL AND SYNTHETIC (?) CAP; BEARS PRINTED PAPER LABEL. CONTAINS FLUID (VACCINE).

Manufacturer

AKA: Connaught
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
Sub-Category: Drugs & medication

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: POLIO VACCINE WIDELY USED SINCE 1954. THIS VIAL OF VACCINE PRODUCED FOR USE BEFORE OCT. 17, 1970.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL & TRADE LITERATURE TRANSFERRED TO CSTM IN 2002 FROM THE FORMER HISTORY OF MEDICINE MUSEUM, TORONTO ON. THIS POLIO VACCINE MFD IN TORONTO, ONT. BY CONNAUGHT MEDICAL RESEARCH LABS., UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.
Function: PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL FROM ACQUIRING SPECIFIC DISEASE.
Technical: US NATION-WIDE TESTING OF POLIO VACCINE BEGAN IN APRIL 1954 WITH THE MASS INOCULATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. ALL POLIOVIRUS FLUIDS REQUIRED FOR FIELD TRIALS PROVIDED BY CONNAUGHT LABS: PARKE DAVIS & ELI LILLY PROCESSED FINISHED VACCINE, WHICH WAS TESTED BY CONNAUGHT, PARKE DAVIS & ELI LILLY, SALK'S LAB & US GOV'T BEFORE USE. CONNAUGHT LABS' "TORONTO TECHNIQUE" ENABLED BULK QUANTITIES OF POLIOVIRUS FLUIDS TO BE PRODUCED, FROM WHICH THE PURIFIED VACCINE WAS MADE. (REF. 4)
Area Notes: THIS VIAL OF VACCINE MADE, AND PRESUMABLY SOLD FOR USE IN CANADA.

Details

Markings: Paper label on bottle front reads "CONNAUGHT/ DIPHTHERIA AND TETANUS TOXOIDS COMBINED/ WITH PURIFIED POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE/ DT POLIO VACCINE/ (Formalin-Inactivated)/ 10 cc. Dose: 1/2 or 1 cc./ FOR RECALL DOSES ONLY/ WARNING: NOT FOR ADULTS/ Lot 361-1/ CONNAUGHT MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES/ University of Toronto Toronto, Canada/ Directions for use: See leaflet/ Expiration Date:/ October 17, 1970": large "3" visible in label background. "T.C.W. CO./ U.S.A./ 50" cast in raised print on bottle base. "980.1.8" handwritten [by UHN] on bottle base.
Missing: APPROX. 1/2 OF BOTTLE'S CONTENTS ARE MISSING.
Finish: CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE HAS SILVER METAL SEALING BAND ON CAP; OFF-WHITE PAPER LABEL BEARS BLUE AND RED TEXT.
Decoration: N/A

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions

Length: 2.3 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A

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Connaught Medical Research Labs, Vaccine, before 1970, artifact no. 2002.0073.001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0073.001/

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