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...Ernst Alstaedt, chief of Lübeck's board of health, who sanctioned use of the vaccine, promptly denied that it was harmful. Other witnesses testified that the labels sometimes slipped off the cultures and that they might have been put back on the wrong containers. This the accused nurse, Anna Schütze, denied. Professor Wilhelm Kolle, a witness, lost his patience, shouted: "These attacks against Dr. Calmette are abominable! It is impossible for me not to protest, because these accusations are brought against a savant of spotless reputation but who happens to be a Frenchman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Trial at Liibeck | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

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