Vaccine Bottle - Polio, Antipoliomyelitic Serum, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Boxed, circa 1950s

Sealed box containing antiserum to poliomyelitis. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria, about 1950s

Rectangular shaped cardboard box with a yellow paper wrapping, sealed at either end. The paper has black printed text on all faces of the box.

Example of early polio vaccine produced by CSL

More Information

Collection Names

CSL (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories) Collection
Collecting Areas

Medicine & Health
Acquisition Information

Donation from CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 24 Mar 2004
Maker

CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), circa 1950s
Inscriptions

Text on one side of box; 'Commonwealth of Australia. Department of Health./Special Product/ANTIPOLIOMYELITIC SERUM/Volume 30 c.c. 0.01% Sodium Ethyl Mercurithiosalicylate added'
Classification

Medicine & health, Pharmacy, Pharmaceuticals
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Technology
Type of item

Object
Overall Dimensions

14.3 cm (Length), 4 cm (Width), 3.8 cm (Height), 93.2 g (Weight)
Total weight includes packaging and label.
Keywords

Bottles, Infectious Diseases, Polio (Poliomyelitis), Vaccines