Object Details
- H. M. Alexander & Co.
- Description
- An inscription on this item reads “ALEXANDER’S ASEPTIC VACCINATOR / MARIETTA, PENN. / NEW YORK, CHICAGO, OMAHA.” H. M. Alexander (1851-1903) was a graduate of Bucknell University and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School who, having become interested in smallpox, established the Lancaster County Vaccine Farm in Marietta, PA in 1882, and a second facility in Omaha in 1886.
- Ref: William F. Burr, “The Marietta Vaccine Farms,” Medical and Surgical Reporter 75 (Oct. 17, 1896): 488-491.
- “Dr. H. M. Alexander,” American Journal of Pharmacy 76 (Jan. 1904): 37-38.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of William P. Evans
- ID Number
- MG.M-07336
- catalog number
- M-07336
- accession number
- 217731
- Object Name
- vaccinator
- biological
- Other Terms
- Surgery
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- aluminum (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 1 cm; 4 5/16 in x 3/8 in
- overall: 4 3/8 in x 3/8 in; x 11.1125 cm x .9525 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Marietta
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Smallpox
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_726970
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6b75-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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