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[Lab workers preparing captured rats for examination, New Orleans, La.]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[between 1914 and 1920]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Plague -- prevention & control
Laboratory Personnel
Genre(s):
Pictorial Works
Abstract:
Four lab workers, probably from the U.S. Public Health Service, tacking captured dead rats to shingles and labeling them in preparation for examination during the New Orleans plague campaign.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photographic print : 18 x 13 cm.
Provenance:
Centers for Disease Control; gift; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101443799 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A016040
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443799