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Army making pneumonia vaccine. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1. The Army Medical Center is preparing a pneumonia vaccine for the first mass scale inoculation ever attempted in the battle against the disease. Volunteers from the CCC will be the human guinea pigs in the experiment. The vaccine, which is 10 times as costly as gold, is being made for distribution this fall to all CCC enrollees who desire inoculations, officers expect to have enough vaccine to safeguard 300,000 individuals. Captain John R. Wood, of the Army Medical Center is shown dissolving the active ingredients in strong hydrochloric acid in the first step of manufacture[...]

Army making pneumonia vaccine. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1. The Army Med...

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Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consult your physician / / G.S., Jr.

Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the co...

Poster encouraging citizens to "consult your physician" for treatment of the common cold, showing a shark. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma.  Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on Work Prjects Administration and refused county relief in county of fifteen years residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahom...

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A man sitting in a chair listening, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man sitting in a chair listening, Iowa. Farm Security Administration...

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Harlingen, Texas. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. Nurse on home visit to child recovering from pneumonia

Harlingen, Texas. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. Nurse on ho...

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Gov Osborn tells how it feels to be seriously ill; lauds Sault hospital. Experiences in delirium of pneumonia described by former governor, now recuperating at his camp. By Chase S. Osborn.

Gov Osborn tells how it feels to be seriously ill; lauds Sault hospita...

A clipping from the Evening News Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Friday, August 5, 1938.; Also includes a clipping entitled "Call Chase Osborn. [Lansing. Michigan February 11, 1938]" from an unidentified newspaper.... More

Army declares war on pneumonia. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1. The Army Medical Center is preparing a pneumonia vaccine for the first mass scale inoculation ever attempted in the battle against the disease. Volunteers from the CCC will be the human guinea pigs in the experiment. This vaccine, which is 10 times more costly as gold, is being made for distribution this fall to all CCC enrollees who desire inoculations. Officers expect to have enough vaccine for the safeguarding of 300,000 individuals. Captain John R. Wood, is shown with the partially purified product when it dialyzed in cellophane sacks to remove the reaction substances that give chills and fever and to further purify the product....

Army declares war on pneumonia. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1. The Army Me...

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Gov Osborn tells how it feels to be seriously ill; lauds Sault hospital. Experiences in delirium of pneumonia described by former governor, now recuperating at his camp. By Chase S. Osborn.

Gov Osborn tells how it feels to be seriously ill; lauds Sault hospita...

A clipping from the Evening News Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Friday, August 5, 1938.; Also includes a clipping entitled "Call Chase Osborn. [Lansing. Michigan February 11, 1938]" from an unidentified newspaper.... More

10-year-old truant newsie, selling during school hours Said: "I been sich [i.e., sick] with pneumonia".  Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

10-year-old truant newsie, selling during school hours Said: "I been s...

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Gov Osborn tells how it feels to be seriously ill; lauds Sault hospital. Experiences in delirium of pneumonia described by former governor, now recuperating at his camp. By Chase S. Osborn.

Gov Osborn tells how it feels to be seriously ill; lauds Sault hospita...

A clipping from the Evening News Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Friday, August 5, 1938.; Also includes a clipping entitled "Call Chase Osborn. [Lansing. Michigan February 11, 1938]" from an unidentified newspaper.... More

Health department, District of Columbia. Advice as to the care and patients suffering from influenza and pneumonia and as to the prevention of these diseases ... [Washington, D. C.] Oct. 1, 1918.

Health department, District of Columbia. Advice as to the care and pat...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 208, Folder 23.

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma.  Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on Work Prjects Administration and refused county relief in county of fifteen years residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of John Scott's children recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia, Ringgold, Iowa

One of John Scott's children recovering from a severe attack of pneumo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.