sample collecting kit

Sample collecting kit, unused, for suspected smallpox cases, consisting of small plastic container, with two swabs, a screw-top metal container to hold it, two paper forms and an outer metal container addressed to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
2025-1021
Materials:
metal (unknown), paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified), wood and cotton (fibre)
Measurements:
overall: 104 mm 63 mm,
type:
sample collecting kit

Parts

Outer metal screw-top container for a sample collecting kit, for suspected smallpox cases, unused, with paper label addressed to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

container

Outer metal screw-top container for a sample collecting kit, for suspected smallpox cases, unused, with paper label addressed to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

Measurements:
overall: 104 mm 63 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown) and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2025-1021/1
type:
container
Inner metal screw-top container for holding plastic sample tube from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

container

Inner metal screw-top container for holding plastic sample tube from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
2025-1021/2
type:
container
Small plastic screw-top container with two cotton-tipped wooden swabs from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

sample collecting tube

Small plastic screw-top container with two cotton-tipped wooden swabs from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

Paper form for recording patient and test information from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

paper form

Paper form for recording patient and test information from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

Measurements:
overall: 297 mm x 210 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2025-1021/4
type:
paper form
Paper form for recording patient and test information from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

paper form

Paper form for recording patient and test information from a sample collecting kit for suspected smallpox cases, unused, to be sent to the Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, as issued to U.S. Peace Corps volunteer John Scott Porterfield during the smallpox eradication campaign in Ethiopia, 1971-1973.

Measurements:
overall: 297 mm x 210 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2025-1021/5
type:
paper form