"Yale Scientist Makes Discovery of African Sleeping Sickness....Dr. David Weinman, II, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the Yale School of Medicine, reported here today (October 30, 1957) that he had succeeded in restoring infectivity to inactive Trypanosoma--the tiny protozoa that causes African Sleeping Sickness. Dr. Weinman, who has just returned from a year's field trip to West Africa (he points to sleeping sickness in Uganda, in photo above), described his findings as the first step in unlocking the biological secret of infectivity. More research is needed to solve the puzzle, he said."
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Weinman, David, II, 1909-1991 and Yale University. School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Faculty, Medical, Infectious diseases, and Microbiologists
Mexican Day of the Dead diorama depicting medical treatment. The surgeon, nurse, patient and bystander are all skeletons. Paint on wood, pasteboard and [papier-mâché] with wire armatures. Glass mirrors on back wall. Underside and back are unpainted. Traditionally celebrated Christian Holy Day on November 2nd. All Souls Day.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A hinged wooden box, painted red, and lined with velvet. Inside are twenty-three ivory-handled dental tools, along with an additional number of rusty blades, and a large piece of silver foil used for fillings.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A late 19th century desktop blood pressure apparatus, with three small glass bottles fitted into the door (handwritten labels on the bottles identify the contents as absolute alcohol, mentholated spirits, and ink).