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Jonas Salk
ca. 1954-1955
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Title
Jonas Salk
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
ca. 1954-1955
Identifier
salk0033
Source Identifier
salk0033
Description
Jonas Salk conducting tests on mice in the process of developing a polio vaccine. Lab tests on mice and the kidney cells of monkeys were used to produce large scale cultures of the virus in order to create the polio vaccine.
Extent
4 x 5 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Physicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Laboratories--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995
Municipal Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Collection, 1917-2005
Collection
Pitt Faculty
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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