Testing the tumor-damaging activity of a compound on a rat
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Silverman, Sam, photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Animals, Laboratory World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A laboratory rat is being given a drug compound to test the reaction of the compound on tumors. Verso: WHO/11015. Cancer-General. In the laboratory the animals teach the scientists about viruses. In a special issue World Health sets out to show how cancer, the world's second leading cause of death, is being fought. Experiments on animals have been going forward to discover the cause and development of cancer and to find and test methods of treatment. Testing the tumor-damaging activity of a compound on a rat.
- Copyright:
- WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151009
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101436908 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013794
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436908