| Reference Number | MIMM/2024-10-1 |
| Title | Widal Typhoid Test Kit |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Parke-Davis & Co. London, pharmaceutical company, 1866- |
| Description | This is a Widal Test kit contained inside a square faux-leather box made of cardboard with a push-fit lid. Inside are stoppered pipettes, a microscope slide, a clear glass stoppered bottle containing typhoid agglutometer suspension, its instruction leaflet, and a slide-in case containing other equipment for blood dilution. Made by Parke & Davis, this kit was developed in 1896 to test blood for enteric fever (typhoid). |
| Extent | 16 parts |
| Dimensions | 90mm x 70mm x 70mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Medicine Chest |
| Term | Typhoid Fever |
| Haematologic Tests -- Instrumentation |
| Blood Specimen Collection -- Instrumentation |