Summary
Alternate Name(s): Bacillus pertussis.
Whooping cough model made by museum staff member R.H. Fowler around 1937.
The first recognized outbreak of whooping cough occurred in Paris in 1578, described by Guillaume de Baillou. Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou published their findings of whooping cough's causative agent, Bordetella pertussis, in Paris in 1906.
Physical Description
Ten clear glass elliptic shaped tubes (eight loose) attached to a light puce wooden circle with metal wire.
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Acquisition Information
Museum generated from Industrial & Technological Museum, 23 Aug 1937
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Object Dimensions
9 mm (Height), 153 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement of models attached to board. Average dimensions of model: L: 9mm x D: 4mm.
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