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[Laboratory technician examining a dead rat, New Orleans, La.]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[between 1914 and 1920]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Laboratory Personnel
United States. Public Health Service.
Genre(s):
Pictorial Works
Abstract:
A laboratory technician (three-quarter length portrait seated, facing left, looking down) inspects a dead rat, probably for the presence of plague; a comb used to remove fleas and the tag indicating where the rat was caught lay on the table.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photographic print : 20 x 26 cm.
Provenance:
Centers for Disease Control; gift; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101444118 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A029472
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101444118