Dried smallpox vaccine
The smallpox vaccine pictured is an example of a single-dose dried vaccine. Its brand name is ‘Lancy-Vaxina’ and it was made by the Swiss Serum Vaccine Institute. The strain of virus used for this vaccine was grown and gathered from the skin of a sheep infected with smallpox. The vaccine was administered by scratch technique. The smallpox vaccine was created for the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) in London, England.
- Materials:
- glass , card , paper (fibre product) , plastic (unidentified) and rubber (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1987-955/18 Pt1
- type:
- vaccine
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- The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem