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.

Title (Dublin Core): Vaccine to Prevent Measles May Avert Epidemics in Army Camps
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Medical techniques and tools
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Vaccine to Prevent Measles May Avert Epidemics in Army Camps
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1940-12
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, v. 74, n. 6, 1940
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 825
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): World War I; Joseph Stokes Jr.; University of Pennsylvania; Geoffrey W. Rake; Squibb Institute for Medical Research
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; checked

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