Freeze-dried BCG vaccine

Six glass ampoules containing freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine for intradermal injection, for hydration with sodium chloride to provide ten doses, provided by UNICEF and manufactured by Evans Medical Ltd, Langhurst, Horsham, England, c. 1980-1985

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
1994-394
type:
vaccines
credit:
National Inst. for Medical Research

Parts

Glass ampoules

Glass ampoules

Glass ampoules, 4 of 6, containing freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine for intradermal injection, for hydration with sodium chloride to provide ten doses, provided by UNICEF and manufactured by Evans Medical Ltd, Langhurst, Horsham, England, c. 1980-1985

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1994-394 Pt1
type:
ampoule
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Vial containing BCG Vaccine, Evans Medical, England, 1975-85

Vial containing BCG Vaccine, Evans Medical, England, 1975-85

Glass ampoules, 1 of 6, containing freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine for intradermal injection, for hydration with sodium chloride to provide ten doses, provided by UNICEF and manufactured by Evans Medical Ltd, Langhurst, Horsham, England, 1975-85.

Measurements:
overall: 62 mm 12 mm, .005kg
Materials:
glass , paper (fibre product) and materia medica
Object Number:
1994-394 Pt2
type:
vaccine , ampoule and materia medica
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Freeze-dried BCG vaccine, England, 1980-1985

Freeze-dried BCG vaccine, England, 1980-1985

Glass ampoules, 1 of 6, containing freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine for intradermal injection, for hydration with sodium chloride to provide ten doses, provided by UNICEF and manufactured by Evans Medical Ltd, Langhurst, Horsham, England, c. 1980-1985

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The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to protect from tuberculosis. The vaccine was developed by French bacteriologists Albert Calmette (1863-1933) and Camille Guérin (1872-1961) at the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France, in 1921. The vaccine was successfully used in France but did not go into widespread use until after the Second World War.

By freeze-drying the vaccines, the treatment can safely be transported over long distances and diluted when needed. Made by Evans Medical Ltd, the large glass bottle gives ten doses of the vaccine when diluted. It is shown here with a ten-dose bottle of the vaccine (1994-135 Pt5).

Measurements:
overall: 63 mm 12 mm,
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1994-394 Pt3
type:
vaccine
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum