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...Philip Cohen and Samuel Jerome Scadron of Manhattan told how they solved this grave problem by vaccinating 200 mothers in the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy. About 150 billion whooping-cough germs were given to the mothers in injections at two-week intervals. The mothers developed antibodies in their blood streams, passed them on through the umbilical cord to their babies. The inoculations had no effect upon pregnancy or delivery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Whooping-Cough Prevention | 6/22/1942 | See Source »

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