Summary
Dried sterilised tubercule bacculi (TB organisms). Made by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited, Parkville, Victoria, c1938. CSL carried out much work on the chemistry of TB (tuberculosis) cell constituents during the 30s-50s. Dried organisms were the starting material of the investigations.
Physical Description
Cylindrical glass bottle with glass stopper, containingsmall amount of brown powder.
Significance
Example of reagents used by CSL for work on TB
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Acquisition Information
Donation from CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 24 Mar 2004
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Maker
CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 45 Poplar Road, Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1938
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Inscriptions
Label: Commonwealth Serum/Laboratories/Dried tuberculin - protein from/S.T. Batch H7./ 0.2064 gms dried in vacuo/ 10mgm used 4.2.38/ 12.5 " " 15.3.38 T.P.T
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Overall Dimensions
2.5 cm (Width), 7 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Apparatus & Equipment, Tuberculosis
