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Fear and Scapegoating During a Pandemic | Pandemic Perspectives

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-11-04T17:21:55.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
American History  Search this
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SmithsonianAmHistory
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAmHistory
EDAN-URL:
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Kibibi's First Exam

Creator:
National Zoo  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-03-10T16:37:47.000Z
YouTube Category:
Pets & Animals  Search this
Topic:
Zoology;Animals;Veterinary medicine;Animal health  Search this
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SmithsonianNZP
Data Source:
National Zoo
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianNZP
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_jlIp6RzvLkg

3D printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 Virion (NIAID)

User:
Fauci, Anthony S.  Search this
Maker:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
model, virus, SARS-CoV-2
Place made:
United States: Montana, Hamilton
United States: Maryland, Bethesda
Date made:
2020
Object presentation date:
2021-03-02
Subject:
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-  Search this
COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this
Communicable Diseases  Search this
Related event:
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-  Search this
Credit Line:
Transfer from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
ID Number:
2021.0013.01
Accession number:
2021.0013
Catalog number:
2021.0013.01
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng4bde4be5e-3614-5da5-e053-15f76fa06da1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_2001515
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Anti-Tuberculosis Brick from Manhattan, Kansas - Imprinted "Don't Spit on Sidewalk"

Associated Name:
Crumbine, Samuel Jay  Search this
Crumbine, Samuel Jay  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 5.5 cm x 22 cm x 10.5 cm; 2 3/16 in x 8 11/16 in x 4 1/8 in
overall: 2 1/8 in x 8 5/8 in x 4 in; 5.3975 cm x 21.9075 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
brick, commemorative, tuberculosis prevention
Place made:
United States: Kansas, Manhattan
Associated Place:
United States: Kansas
Date made:
ca 1908
Subject:
Public Health  Search this
Credit Line:
Interfraternity Council, Kansas State University
ID Number:
MG.M-10405
Accession number:
246434
Catalog number:
M-10405
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
The Antibody Initiative
Health & Medicine
Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-00eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_688789
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A field guide to germs Wayne Biddle

Author:
Biddle, Wayne  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 196 pages illustrations 25 cm
Type:
Popular works
Ouvrages de vulgarisation
Popular Work
Encyclopedia
encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
Encyclopédies
Date:
1995
Topic:
Medical microbiology  Search this
Communicable diseases  Search this
Bacteria  Search this
Schizomycetes  Search this
Viruses  Search this
Communicable Diseases  Search this
Microbiologie médicale  Search this
Maladies infectieuses  Search this
Bactéries  Search this
Virus  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158295

Scrapbook

Collection Creator:
Jones, William  Search this
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
bulk 1943 - 1946
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
William Jones World War II Scrapbook, NASM.2006.0067, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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William Jones World War II Scrapbook
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23f73868a-00f4-461a-a95e-0c0109d6088f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2006-0067-ref506
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50-50 Chance

Collection Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
Container:
Box RF12 222.17
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
A Public Health Service Audiovisual Facility Production; produced for The National Communicable Disease Center. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, circa 967. 1 reel (ca. 20 min.) : sd.; col. ; 16mm. positive. Copyright: MCMLXVII. Credits: Public Health Service Presents M1415. Summary: A woman pricks her finger while gardening. She becomes very ill within one week with tetanus (including lockjaw). Fifty per cent of those infected die. Tetanus bacteria grow everywhere. Immunization is 100% effective. The film urges all people to be immunized.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Medical Sciences Film Collection, circa 1930s-1960s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Medical Sciences Film Collection
Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 3: Public Health and Nursing Films
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f35c77fc-4c34-41c4-874b-e13c2a6ffdfd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0222-ref128

Spot Prevention

Collection Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
Container:
Item RF8 222.17
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ; produced for the Communicable Disease Center ; A Public Health Services Audiovisual Facility Production. 1966. 1 reel (ca. 6 min.) : sd., col. ; 16mm. positive. Copyright: MCMLXVI. Animated. Credits: Preston Charles, narrator. Summary: This is a cartoon with measles as the bad guy and Captain Immunity searching—finally successfully—to develop a vaccine to prevent the disease. All children over one year should be vaccinated.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Medical Sciences Film Collection, circa 1930s-1960s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Medical Sciences Film Collection
Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 3: Public Health and Nursing Films
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b647125a-91ee-4706-9b50-8fede2c121ff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0222-ref158

Stop Rubella

Collection Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
Container:
Item RF8 222.3
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
/ A National Medical Audiovisual Center Production ; produced for the National Communicable Disease Center, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. c1969. 1 reel (ca. 7 min.) : sd., col. ; 16mm. positive. Copyright: MCMLXIX. Credits: The Public Health Department gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the producer and cast of "Julia." Cast: Diahann Carroll (Julia Baker) ; Lloyd Nolan (Dr. Chegley) ; Marc Copage (Corey Baker). Summary: Rubella is a mild febrile infection, commonly called German Measles. As a childhood disease it is not serious, but for a woman in the first trimester of pregnancy the results are disastrous. The film urges that all children between one year and puberty be vaccinated.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Medical Sciences Film Collection, circa 1930s-1960s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Medical Sciences Film Collection
Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 3: Public Health and Nursing Films
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8186d4701-bcf3-4328-8a97-7a1955bc20e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0222-ref160

Newspaper clippings

Collection Creator:
Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this
Container:
Box 12, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1943
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Lee Ya-Ching Papers
Lee Ya-Ching Papers / Series 2: Professional
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b2be81b7-23af-4a71-98d4-41dbe126ec56
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref118
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Civil Aeronautics Administration, International Civil Aviation Organization

Collection Creator:
Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1944-1957
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers, Acc. NASM.1987.0076, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers / Series 1: Professional Life / 1.2: Civilian Career
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22c922308-0d64-4580-ab67-42d5c29d933f
EDAN-URL:
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Bacteriology of Specific Communicable Disease: Handbook of Public Health Bacteriology

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 19 cm x 12.3 cm x 1.6 cm; 7 15/32 in x 4 27/32 in x 5/8 in
Object Name:
book, public health
Place made:
United States: California, San Francisco
Date made:
1937
Credit Line:
Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number:
2018.3042.713
Catalog number:
2018.3042.713
Nonaccession number:
2018.3042
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng4fa8139ca-c8db-4ef2-ad12-9d3567a95a6e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_2023085

Exhibiting health public health displays in the progressive era Jennifer Lisa Koslow

Author:
Koslow, Jennifer Lisa 1970-  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 145 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Public health--History  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Exhibitions as Topic  Search this
Health Education--history  Search this
Communicable Disease Control  Search this
Disease Transmission, Infectious--prevention & control  Search this
History, 20th Century  Search this
Public Health--history  Search this
Santé publique--Histoire  Search this
Expositions  Search this
Médecine--Histoire  Search this
exhibitions (events)  Search this
Public health  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157371

The pandemic century one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris Mark Honigsbaum

Author:
Honigsbaum, Mark  Search this
Physical description:
450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Epidemics--History  Search this
Communicable diseases--History  Search this
Pandemics--history  Search this
History, 20th Century  Search this
History, 21st Century  Search this
MEDICAL / Public Health  Search this
Communicable diseases  Search this
Epidemics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153449

Deadliest enemy our war against killer germs Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker

Title:
Our war against killer germs
Author:
Osterholm, Michael T  Search this
Olshaker, Mark 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 341 pages 25 cm
Type:
Books
Popular Work
Date:
2017
Topic:
Epidemics--Prevention  Search this
Communicable diseases--Prevention  Search this
Vaccines  Search this
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention  Search this
Zika virus--Prevention  Search this
SARS (Disease)--Prevention  Search this
Diseases  Search this
Disease Transmission, Infectious  Search this
Communicable Disease Control  Search this
Epidemics--prevention & control  Search this
Maladies infectieuses--Prévention  Search this
Vaccins  Search this
Sida--Prévention  Search this
Maladies infectieuses--Transmission  Search this
MEDICAL--Infectious Diseases  Search this
MEDICAL--Public Health  Search this
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Biology  Search this
Flaviviren  Search this
HIV-Infektion  Search this
Pandemie  Search this
Präventivmedizin  Search this
Vaccination  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153451

Pale rider the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world Laura Spinney

Author:
Spinney, Laura  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 332 pages illustrations, map 21 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2018
2017
20th century
Topic:
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919  Search this
Influenza--History  Search this
Communicable diseases--History  Search this
Epidemiology--History  Search this
Influenza, Human--history  Search this
Communicable Diseases--history  Search this
Communicable diseases  Search this
Epidemiology  Search this
Influenza  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153632

Home Care of Communicable Diseases

Measurements:
overall: 16.5 cm x 11 cm; 6 1/2 in x 4 5/16 in
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Date made:
1951
ID Number:
2001.3066.14
Catalog number:
2001.3066.14
Nonaccession number:
2001.3066
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Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-7011-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_834217

Antitoxin, Baby BIG (Botulism Immune Globulin)

Maker:
Massachusetts Public Health Biologic Laboratories  Search this
Cangene Corporation  Search this
Physical Description:
glass (container material)
lyophilized powder of immunoglobulin G (IgG), stabilized with 5% sucrose and 1% albumin (human) (drug active ingredients)
Measurements:
overall: 4.8 cm x 2 cm; 1 7/8 in x 25/32 in
Object Name:
biological
antitoxin, botulism
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Canada: Manitoban, Winnipeg
Associated place:
United States: California
United States: Massachusetts
Date made:
2004
Product expiration date:
2004-05-12
Credit Line:
Gift of Stephen S. Arnon, MD
ID Number:
2004.0134.01
Accession number:
2004.0134
Catalog number:
2004.0134.01
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
The Antibody Initiative
Biotechnology and Genetics
Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-dd75-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1446817
Online Media:

Anti-Tuberculosis Brick Made by Patients of the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital - Imprinted "Don't Spit on Sidewalk"

Maker:
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital  Search this
American Lung Association  Search this
Physical Description:
wood; brick; ceramic; grout; paper; ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 2 1/2 in x 13 3/8 in x 9 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 33.9725 cm x 23.8125 cm
Object Name:
brick, commemorative, tuberculosis prevention
Place made:
United States: Kansas, Chanute
Date made:
ca 1958
Credit Line:
Gift of Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication
ID Number:
MG.M-11152
Catalog number:
M-11152
Accession number:
259205
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
The Antibody Initiative
Health & Medicine
Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-56b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1456533
Online Media:

The Washington Post The communicable disease chart of the Department of Health, prepared in Cooperation With the Board of Education and Congress of Parents and Teachers, follows:

Measurements:
overall: 11 in x 13 7/8 in; 27.94 cm x 35.2425 cm
Object Name:
chart, informational
Date made:
1947-10-06
ID Number:
2014.3012.0142
Nonaccession number:
2014.3012
Catalog number:
2014.3012.0142
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-084e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1459789

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