Browse Items (21 total)
- Collection: Science in the Public Service (C-3)
Michael J. Ermarth, FDA Lab 3000
Michael J. Ermarth, FDA Lab 3000, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, February 5 2009
Feb. 5, 2009; Irvine, CA An FDA microbiologist tests seafood samples for the presence of Salmonella.
Tags: FDA, Food Safety, Salmonella, Science, Seafood, Testing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inspecting a Candy Factory
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inspecting a Candy Factory, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1911
John Earnshaw, an early food and drug inspector working in and around Baltimore, inspects a clean and sanitary candy factory around 1911/12. Candy in…
Horst Schreck, Veterinary Corp U.S. Army
Horst Schreck, Veterinary Corp U.S. Army, Library of Congress, 1919
The Veterinary Corps, U.S. Army, taught men care and treatment of sick animals; horse judging and soundness; horseshoeing; riding; driving; meat and…
Tags: Animals, Horse Riding, Horses, U.S. Army, Veterinary Corps
Photographer Arthur Rothstein 1915-1985, Botanist and Inventor George Washington Carver 1864-1943
Photographer Arthur Rothstein 1915-1985, Botanist and Inventor George Washington Carver 1864-1943, Library of Congress, 1942
American Botanist and Inventor. Dr. George Washington Carver was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri, around 1864. He is one of the United States' most…
Tags: African-Americans, Agriculturel, Alabama, Botany, Farming, George Washington Carver, Peanuts, Scientists
Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, Louis Pasteur, Discoverer of Lifesaving Vaccines
Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, Louis Pasteur, Discoverer of Lifesaving Vaccines, Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, 1885
Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first…
Tags: Anthrax, Diseases, Germ Theory, Louis Pasteur, Puerperal Fever, Rabies, Vaccines
Caroline Miles, Eileen Collins
Caroline Miles, Eileen Collins
On February 4th, 1995 at 12:22 a.m, Eileen Collins was about to be launched into space. With the takeoff of the STS-63 space shuttle, Collins would…
Tags: Air Force, Eileen Collins, NASA, Shuttle Pilot, Space, USAA
Columbia University, Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease
Columbia University, Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease, Columbia University, None
For her groundbreaking work in the scientific and public arenas towards finding a cure for Huntington's disease and for increasing awareness of all…
Tags: Diseases, Genetics, Huntington's Disease, Nancy Wexler, Science
Imperial War Museum, Penicillin
Imperial War Museum, Penicillin, Imperial War Museum, Between 1939 and 1945 - first photo, July 20 2009 - second photo
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Tags: Antibiotics, Diseases, Penicillin, Science, Syphilis, World War II
Nobel Foundation, ABO blood group system
Nobel Foundation, ABO blood group system, Nobel Foundation, 1930s - first photo, August 25 2006 - second photo
The ABO blood group system is the most important blood type system (or blood group system) in human blood transfusion. It is widely credited to have…
Tags: ABO Blood Group System, Blood, Blood Type, Karl Landsteiner, Red Blood Cells, Transfusion Medicine
Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklyn as Scientist and Innovator
Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklyn as Scientist and Innovator, Library of Congress, 1776 - first photo, 1744 - second photo
Benjamin Franklin is considered an American patriot and founding father, but his careers and influence took him much further. As a "man of science"…
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, Fireplace, Glasses, Inventions, Science