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Diphtheria is a potentially deadly contagious infection which especially affects children. In 1883, German bacteriologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) discovered the bacterium which causes diphtheria. This was then isolated the following year by fellow researcher Friedrich Loeffler (1852–1915), which meant that the presence of bacteria could be tested for and used to diagnose infection. This throat swab was supplied by Kent County Council who would have supplied them to clinics and doctors’ surgeries to help monitor and check the spread of the disease. Diphtheria has been a notifiable disease since 1889, which means all cases must be reported for government statistics. Fortunately, diphtheria is now rare in the United Kingdom because of routine childhood vaccination. maker: Unknown maker Place made: England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0057972 Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria, England, 1901- |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0057972 Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria, England, 1901-1930 |
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Image title | L0057972 Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria, England, 1901-1930
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Diphtheria is a potentially deadly contagious infection which especially affects children. In 1883, German bacteriologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) discovered the bacterium which causes diphtheria. This was then isolated the following year by fellow researcher Friedrich Loeffler (1852–1915), which meant that the presence of bacteria could be tested for and used to diagnose infection. This throat swab was supplied by Kent County Council who would have supplied them to clinics and doctors’ surgeries to help monitor and check the spread of the disease. Diphtheria has been a notifiable disease since 1889, which means all cases must be reported for government statistics. Fortunately, diphtheria is now rare in the United Kingdom because of routine childhood vaccination. maker: Unknown maker Place made: England, United Kingdom made: 1901-1930 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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