Vaccination Shield
Object Details
- Description
- Vaccination shields were designed to protect the patient’s skin from damage or infection following the procedure. The inscription on this example refers to Harry K. Mulford, a Philadelphia pharmacist who, in 1894, opened a laboratory to produce diphtheria antitoxin.
- Ref: Harry K. Mulford, “Vaccination Shield,” U.S. Patent 703,290 (June 24, 1902).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Cleveland Medical Library Association, Howard Dittrick Museum of Historical Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1902 - 1915
- patent filed
- 1901-11-02
- patent date
- 1902-06-24
- ID Number
- 1980.0337.01
- catalog number
- 1980.0337.01
- accession number
- 1980.0337
- collector/donor number
- 3460
- patent number
- 703,290
- maker
- H. K. Mulford Company
- Object Name
- vaccination shield
- biological
- Physical Description
- celluloid (product material)
- Measurements
- overall, shield: 3/4 in x 3 in x 2 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Smallpox
- Title
- Mulford's Aseptic Shield - Prevents Sore Arms
- Record ID
- nmah_722812
