Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria, England, 1901-1930 Wellcome L0057972

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Summary[edit] Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria, England, 1901-1930. Title: Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria, England, 1901-1930. Description: 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 Keywords: Diphtheria; throat swab. Credit line: : This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.. References: Library reference: Science Museum A606027 Photo number: L0057972. Source/Photographer: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/62/e4/c96017aaea42e550624813f54489.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057972.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-04-05): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/g34axhnc CC-BY-4.0. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue.