Test tubes used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956

Test tubes used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956 Test tubes used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956

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Rack of test tubes, unsigned, Europe, 1956. Used in tissue culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England, from c. 1956

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used these test tubes during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
1990-84/22
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), glass, perspex and foam rubber
Measurements:
overall: 184 mm x 368 mm x 122 mm, 1.8 kg
type:
test tube
credit:
MRC Common Cold Unit

Parts

Test tube rack used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956

Test tube rack used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956

Test tube rack, made by Unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/1
type:
test tube rack
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/2
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/3
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/4
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/5
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/6
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/7
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/8
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/9
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/10
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/11
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/12
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/13
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/14
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/15
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/16
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/17
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/18
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/19
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/20
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/21
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/22
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/23
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/24
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/25
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/26
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/27
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/28
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/29
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

More

The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/30
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/31
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/32
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/33
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/34
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/35
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/36
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/37
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/38
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/39
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/40
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/41
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/42
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/43
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/44
type:
test tubes
Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube used by the laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit

Test tube, made by unknown maker in Europe, 1956

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The laboratory of the Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) used this test tube during the tissue culture process. The CCRU operated from 1946 to 1989 at the Harvard Hospital, at Harnham Down near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It aimed to research the common cold and reduce the human and economic cost of the illness. The Unit initially tried to identify each cold virus, the epidemiology and how colds are transmitted. Trials took place every two weeks throughout the year and involved 30 volunteers being isolated for ten days. Most volunteers received the virus during a trial, with the symptoms of each volunteer recorded daily.

Over 200 viral serotypes can cause the common cold. By 1959, many viruses which caused colds were cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures developed at the Unit. The test tubes are shown with a monocular microscope (1990-84/25), which was also used in the tissue culture process.

Object Number:
1990-84/22/45
type:
test tubes