File:Small wooden box to hold calf lymph, England, 1900-1910 Wellcome L0057913.jpg

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Small wooden box to hold calf lymph, England, 1900-1910
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Small wooden box to hold calf lymph, England, 1900-1910
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After calves had been inoculated with smallpox, the lymph containing white blood cells which fight against disease are extracted and preserved in capillary tubes. The lymph could then be used to vaccinate people against smallpox. Calf lymph replaced the human kind in 1898 as human lymph spread other infections, such as syphilis.

The Army Vaccine Institute in Aldershot used this box to store lymph. The Institute produced enough calf lymph to inoculate 126,280 people a year. This was not without its dangers. For example, in 1906 questions were asked in the House of Commons following the post-vaccination deaths from blood poisoning of a small number of army recruits.

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Place made: England, United Kingdom

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Keywords: Lymph; capillary tube; Syphilis; box - container; inoculation; Smallpox
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  • Library reference: Science Museum A602779
  • Photo number: L0057913
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