Object Details
- Description
- Action figure owned by David Vetter (1971-1984), an American boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a hereditary disease that dramatically weakens the immune system.
- Ref: Clyde Haberman, “‘Boy in the Bubble’ Moved in a World He Couldn’t Touch,” New York Times (Dec. 9, 2015), p. A28.
- “William Shearer, Doctor to Immunity Lacking Boy in a Bubble, Dies at 81,” New York Times (Oct. 19, 2018), p. A33.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Carol Ann and David J. Vetter, Jr.
- ID Number
- 1986.0201.03
- accession number
- 1986.0201
- Object Name
- Toy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_875004
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-c7f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
