Polio Vaccine Administration

ca. 1954

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Title
Polio Vaccine Administration
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
ca. 1954
Identifier
salk0057
Source Identifier
salk0057
Description
Administration of the polio virus vaccine during field test trials in Pittsburgh elementary schools. Starting in February 1954, the vaccine was administered to 15,000 volunteers (primarily children). The success of these trails led to the national trial in 1955 which inoculated another 1.8 million children.
Extent
4 x 5 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Nurses
Women
Injections
Poliomyelitis vaccine--Testing
Geographic Subjects
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Source
Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Collection, 1917-2005
Collection
Pitt Faculty
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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