Vaccine to Prevent Measles May Avert Epidemics in Army Camps

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Discovery of a vaccine for measles, said to be effective for both children and adults, may result in protection for soldiers from fatal attacks of pneumonia, such as followed the outbreak of measles in military camps during the first World War. Developed by Dr,Joseph Stokes, Jr., University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Geoffrey Rake, Squibb Institute for medical research, this is the first vaccine for this disease.

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Vaccine to Prevent Measles May Avert Epidemics in Army Camps

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Vaccine to Prevent Measles May Avert Epidemics in Army Camps

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eng

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1940-12

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825

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Public Domain (Google digitized)

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Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)

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