Officials check the initial shipment ... of vaccine
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- Interior of a Philippine government laboratory: Philippine and American officials examine a shipment of bottles of anti-cholera vaccine destined for Thailand. Verso: WHO/6642. Thailand-Cholera. Cholera at Bangkok: Men and nations around the world rushed emergency aid to the people of Thailand as an epidemic of cholera threatened that nation in May 1958. Millions of doses of vaccine, modern medical equipment, and technical advisers were airlifted to Thailand until the emergency was under control. Here, Philippians and American officials check the inital shipment of 200,000 shots of vaccine for Thailand at a philippine Government laboratory.
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- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151009 and USIS; Source: Record; Research date: 20151009
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101437061 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013810
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437061