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Ruby Cunningham opening a dog's head at the California State Hygienic Laboratory

Title:: Ruby Cunningham opening a dog's head at the California State Hygienic Laboratory
Creator:: Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Date:: June 1912
Description:: Sawyer became director of the State Hygienic Laboratory in Berkeley in 1910. The laboratory was responsible for following up on reports of rabies, and, when possible, verifying rabies infection in animals by examining brain or spinal cord tissue with a microscope; some of the lab technicians were young women such as Miss Cunningham.
Location:: Box: 4. Folder: 7
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Photographic prints
Subject:: Rabies, Public Health, and California
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: LWBBCG
NLM ID:: 101584931X26
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X26
Story Section:: Early Career in California and World War I, 1908-1919