Rat Dissection 1

Subject: 
Bubonic plague, Extermination, Galveston Plague Laboratory, Hazard signs, Seawall (Galveston, Texas), United States Public Health Service
Geographic Area: 
Galveston, Texas
Date: 
1920
Archives: 
Moody Medical Library - Bubonic Plague Strikes Galveston
Description: 
Three workers dissecting rats in the Galveston Plague Laboratory. Typical rat plague symptoms include site of injection, buboes, granular liver, congested spleen, and fluid buildup in the chest and lungs.