Letter from Arie C. Van Ravenswaay, United States Army Air Forces to Michael Heidelberger

Letter from Arie C. Van Ravenswaay, United States Army Air Forces to Michael Heidelberger

Contributor(s):
Van Ravenswaay, Arie C.
Heidelberger, Michael
United States. Army Air Forces
Publication:
Produced: 1 June 1944
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Vaccines
Pneumococcal Infections
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
During World War II Heidelberger developed a vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia that was tested among 20,000 trainees at an air base in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The test, in which half the trainees received the vaccine while the other half did not, proved that a vaccine made from a mixture of purified capsular polysaccharides from four different types of pneumococcus was effective against the disease.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X51 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBDM
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X51
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)