Object Details
- Description
- An inscription reads “FOR WIDAL TEST / OR OPHTHALMIA / HEALTH DEPARTMENT, / CITY HALL, / PROVIDENCE.” The Widal Test, a quick procedure for diagnosing typhoid fever, was developed in 1896 by the French bacteriologist, George Fernand-Widal (1862-1929).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1990.0072.02
- catalog number
- 1990.0072.02
- accession number
- 1990.0072
- Object Name
- diagnostic, gonococcus
- diagnostic, typhoid and gonococcus
- biological
- Other Terms
- Gonococcus Outfit; Biologicals; Drugs
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7.9 cm x 17.3 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 6 13/16 in x 9/16 in
- overall, as stored: 3/4 in x 6 in x 6 11/16 in; 1.905 cm x 15.24 cm x 16.9545 cm
- place made
- United States: Rhode Island, Providence
- place purchased
- United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Diagnostics
- National Museum of American History
- associated subject
- Ophthalmology
- Record ID
- nmah_1060085
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-02fa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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