Label:
Doctors could track the progression of tuberculosis by examining a patients' sputum for myobacteria. Patients spit into these disposable cardboard cups for analysis and may have carried them in downtown Saranac Lake where there was an ordinance prohibiting spitting on the sidewalks.
Date:
1900ca.-1920ca.
Object Name:
Cup, Sputum
Catalog #:
1991.031.0001
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