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The World of Smallpox

Smallpox recognition card
Vaccinostyle with interchangeable needle tips
Jet injector
Bifurcated needle
Smallpox target zero
Smallpox endemic countries, 1964 - 1975
System for identifying and managing a suspected or confirm case of smallpox

India Engages the Pandemic

Shitala Mata
Fever and rash poster
Vaccinated children in India
Vaccination Procedure using a bifurcated needle -- English version
Procedure for vaccination using a bifurcated needle.
Use of recognition cards
Smallpox outbreak in the village of Hadur
Smallpox Outbreak in the Village of Hadur -- continued
Suggested organizational structure for search and containment teams
Stages of rash for smallpox and chickenpox
Examination paper
Announcement of the Anti-Smallpox Campaign
Reward poster
Report from district and state surveillance team
Search for New Smallpox Cases
Map of active smallpox cases in Palamau district, Bihar
One of the last cases
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh:  Number of smallpox outbreaks by district (June 1974)
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh: Number of smallpox outbreaks by district (December 1974)
Monthly Smallpox Outbreaks in India, 1974-1975

About this Exhibit

Larry Brilliant
Book jacket for Brilliant book
Some of the documents in the Brilliant Collection
WHO logo certifying global eradication

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