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Recent criticism of the new Salk vaccine against polio was deemed premature by John F. Enders, associate professor of Bacteriology and Immunology and recipient of the Nobel Prize this year for his work in isolating and growing the polio virus.
Most recent outbreaks of yellow fever in the Americas have been spread by native, jungle-dwelling mosquitoes that cannot be wiped out with DDT. The fever has hit mostly jungle-dwelling people, who cannot all be vaccinated (because the vaccine cannot stand heat, and refrigeration is impossible in the wilds...
Felicia Delgado Gomez, by Caesarean section. Although precocious, Felicia was not the youngest child-mother in the medical records: 15 years ago a Peruvian girl, believed to be no older than five, bore a 6-lb. boy. Before she left the hospital hale and hearty at week's end...
The crowd of 1300 European notables gave a standing ovation to John F. Eaders, associate professor of Bacteriology and Immunology, and Thomas H. Weller, Strong Professor of Tropical Public Health, for their polio virus discoveries which are the stepping-stone to a polio vaccine.
Although conclusive evidence of the effectiveness of the Salk Vaccine has not been established, there is not doubt of the success of the enders-Weller-Robbins venture. Repeated evidence shows that the tissue culture method will now be applied to increasingly expanded field of virus research. It was for this...