Summary
Pack x5 ampoules poliomyelitis vaccine (Salk) 6/56 manufactured in the 1950s by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Parkville
Physical Description
Cardboard box containing 5 glass ampoules with amber coloured solution. 5mL/vial.
Significance
In 1956 CSL produced the Salk vaccine against polio. Under an agreement with the Commonwealth Government, the vaccine was issued free of charge to everyone in Australia and to Australian nationals overseas.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 24 Mar 2004
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Inscriptions
POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE (Salk) (Trivalent - Types 1, 2 & 3.) Contains 0.025% Formalin. No other pre- servative added. dose: - 0.5 ml. intramus- cularly. Vol.5 ml. Batch No. 1-B Once opened any vaccine unused on that day must be discarded. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Melb., Aust.
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Exhibition Collection Management
118 mm (Width), 45 mm (Depth), 95 mm (Height)
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Overall Dimensions
92.1 g (Weight)
Total weight includes packaging and label and part 1
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Keywords
Infectious Diseases, Medical Research, Polio (Poliomyelitis), Vaccines
