This plaster bas-relief covered by painted wax is a work by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larrivé. It is named Vaccination contre la typhoïde des jeunes reclutes and represents a vaccination session against Typhoid fever for young Army recruits. It is currently displayed (item N° 438) in the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées at the Hôpital d’instruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce in Paris.
- Photo by Luca Borghi @ (July 2014), courtesy of the Hospital and Museum’s directions
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Bibliography
– Jacques de Saint-Julien, Jean-Jacques Ferrandis, Le Musée du Service de Santé des Armées au Val-de-Grâce, AXPRO, Paris 1998, p. 110