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Notecard with photo of the yellow fever laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, and inset photos of rhesus monkeys in lower corners
Notecard with photo of the yellow fever laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, and inset photos of rhesus monkeys in lower corners
Contributor(s):
Smith, H. H. Rockefeller Archive Center Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977
This notecard was sent to H.H. Smith from Soper as a Christmas card. Rhesus monkeys were the first animals discovered to be susceptible to yellow fever, and this made it possible to do antibody tests for yellow fever.
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