BCG vaccine

Freeze-dried BCG vaccine

Vials of freeze-dried intradermal BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine,4 of 10, boxed, each providing ten 0.1ml doses when hydrated, for protection against tuberculosis, by Evans Medical Ltd. Leatherhead, England, 1994

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The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to protect against 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.

Object Number:: 1994-135 Pt1

type:: vaccine

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Three Vials of Intradermal BCG Vaccine

Vials of freeze-dried intradermal BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, 3 of 10, each providing ten 0.1ml doses when hydrated, for protection against tuberculosis, by Evans Medical Ltd., Leatherhead, Surrey, England, 1994.

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The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to protect against 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.

Measurements:: overall: 40 mm 15 mm, .015kg

Materials:: glass , plastic (unidentified) , paper (fibre product) and aluminium (metal)

Object Number:: 1994-135 Pt2

type:: vial and vaccine

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Vial of BCG vaccine

Vials of freeze-dried intradermal BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine,1 of 10, boxed, each providing ten 0.1ml doses when hydrated, for protection against tuberculosis, by Evans Medical Ltd. Leatherhead, England, 1994

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The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to protect against 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.

Measurements:: overall: 39 mm x x , 14 mm, .005kg

Materials:: glass , plastic (unidentified) , metal (unknown) and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1994-135 Pt3

type:: vaccine

Freeze-dried BCG vaccine

Vials of freeze-dried intradermal BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine,1 of 10, boxed, each providing ten 0.1ml doses when hydrated, for protection against tuberculosis, by Evans Medical Ltd. Leatherhead, England, 1994

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The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to protect against 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.

Object Number:: 1994-135 Pt4

type:: vaccine

Freeze-dried BCG vaccine, England, 1994

Vials of freeze-dried intradermal BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine,1 of 10, boxed, each providing ten 0.1ml doses when hydrated, for protection against tuberculosis, by Evans Medical Ltd. Leatherhead, England, 1994

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The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to protect against 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 small glass bottle gives one dose of the vaccine when diluted. It is shown here with a ten-dose bottle of the vaccine (1994-394 Pt3).