Reference NumberSU/8/1/1
TitleGroup photograph taken in Oslo of Dr Weill-Hallé; Dr Calmette, Dr Heimbeck and Dr Guérin.
Date1930
Creator NameNational BCG Committee, Ireland, 1949-
DescriptionSigned photograph presented to Dorothy Price by Dr Johannes Heimbeck, showing leaders in the field of BCG vaccination; Dr Weill-Hallé first administered BGC, Dr Heimbeck who first gave BCG parenterally, and Drs Guérin and Calmette who devised the BCG vaccine.
Photograph reproduced in theNational BCG Commission annual report for 1956 (SU/2/7)
Extent1 photograph
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Credit LineRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
TermBCG vaccine
Vaccination programmes
Photographs
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/5National BCG Committee, Ireland, 1949-
DS/UK/6Price; Dorothy Stopford- (1890-1954); Paediatrician1890-1954
DS/UK/31Calmette; Albert (1863-1933); physician and immunologist1863-1933
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