Object Details
- Parke, Davis and Company
- Description
- According to 1940 product literature supplied by Parke, Davis & Company:
- Immune Globulin (Human) is a sterile, refined and concentrated globulin obtained from human placental blood and tissues.
- Indications: Prevention and modification of measles in susceptible contacts. May also be used therapeutically in early stages of the disease.
- Dosage: Children under five years exposed less than five days, 2 cc.; more than five days, 4 cc. Children over five years exposed less than 5 days, 4 cc.; more than five days, 4-10 cc. depending on age. Injections should be made intramuscularly. / Packages: Immune Globulin (Human) is supplied in vials of 2 cc. (Bio. 109) and 10 cc. (Bio. 119).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Parke, Davis & Company
- ca 1940
- ID Number
- MG.M-04894.06
- accession number
- 155762
- catalog number
- M-04894.06
- Object Name
- biological
- serum therapy, measles
- immune globulin
- Physical Description
- immune globulin (human) (drug ingredient)
- glass (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1452249
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-4d23-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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