Vaccination

Polio Vaccination, Pittsburgh, 1955 © Bettmann / Corbis

Polio Vaccination, London, 1956 © Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis

Smallpox Vaccination, St. Cosme de Vair, France, 1955 © Bettmann / Corbis

Polio Vaccination, Pittsburgh, 1955 © Bettmann / Corbis

Vaccination against Infantile Paralysis, Philadelphia, 1935 © Bettmann / Corbis

Innoculation, Virginia, 1954 © Bettmann / Corbis

Polio Vaccination, San Diego, 1955 © Bettmann / Corbis

Polio Vaccination, East Berlin, 1955 © Bettmann / Corbis

Shanghai, 1970 via Bridgeman / Library of Congress

Polio Vaccination, West Berlin, 1955 © Bettmann / Corbis

Illinois, 1954 © Bettmann / Corbis

Polio Vaccination, John Mobes, 1957 © Bettmann / Corbis

Smallpox Vaccination, New York, 1939 © Bettmann / Corbis

Smallpox Vaccination, California, 1939 © Bettmann / Corbis

Blood donor for a brother with Polio, North Carolina, 1944 © Alfred Eisenstaedt / LIFE

Polio Vaccination, Australia, 1950s via IHM / NLM

Diabetic's Daily Self-Injection © Jean Mohr / WHO via IHM / NLM

Dr. Jonas Salk on TV, 1955 via IHM / NLM