Future President of the U.S. Franklin D Roosevelt became a victim of polio
In 1921, future President of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became a victim of polio at the…
In 1921, future President of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became a victim of polio at the…
In 1921, Hollister-Stier Laboratories, located in Spokane, is the oldest name in allergy science. The company was founded…
In 1916, During World War I, work by Hygienic Laboratory investigators changed the way smallpox vaccinations were administered…
In 1916, Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS), also known as Landry-Guillain-Barr-Strohl syndrome, was described. Its incidence in North America and…
In 1915, Pertussis vaccine, a suspension of inactivated Bordetella pertussis cells, was licensed. Inactivated vaccines were prepared with…
In 1914, the first typhoid vaccine was licensed in the U.S. in 1914. Typhoid immunization was required of…
In 1914, the tetanus toxoid was introduced following the development of an effective therapeutic serum against tetanus by…
In 1914, rabies vaccine was first licensed in the U.S. The H. K. Mulford Company, founded in Philadelphia…
In 1913, for the first time ever, a virus (vaccinia) was grown in cell culture, and then in…
In 1913, Japanese immunologist and bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi discovered that Treponema pallidum (syphilitic spirochete) was the cause of…
On Sept. 30, 1911, typhoid immunization became required of all U.S. service members. The U.S. Army became the…
In 1910, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine’s first building, Connaway Hall, was built to house…
On Jun. 26, 1908, a typhoid fever epidemic struck Mankato, Minnesota with 5,000-6,000 cases of diarrhea reported between…
In 1908, Drs. John F. Anderson, Leslie L. Lumsen and Wade H. Frost expanded scope of earlier typhoid…
In 1908, Arthur Marston Stimson developed a better method for rabies vaccine preparation so it could be sent…
In 1908, Dr. Karl Landsteiner at the University Department of Pathological Anatomy in Vienna discovered that the cause…
On Dec. 6, 1904, the U.S. Supreme Court argued the case requiring a compulsory vaccination law. The Court…
On Jul. 1, 1902, the Biologics Control Act was enacted regulating the production of vaccines and antitoxins. It…
In 1902, the U.S. Biologics Control Act was passed to ensure purity and safety of serums, vaccines, and…
In 1901, diphtheria patients were routinely treated with antitoxin derived from the blood serum of horses. After 13…
In March 1900, Chick Gin, the Chinese proprietor of a lumberyard, died of bubonic plague in a flophouse…
On Jul. 16, 1898, 400 members of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry were hospitalized with typhoid after camping…
On Jan. 10, 1897, Russian physician Waldemar M. W. Haffkine, who trained with Louis Pasteur in Paris, tested…
In 1897, Cutter Laboratories was a pharmaceutical company located in Berkeley, California that was founded by Edward Ahern…
In 1897, a plague vaccine was introduced, following the preparation of anti-plague horse serum at the Pasteur Institute…
In 1896, Almroth Edward Wright, Richard Pfeiffer and Wilhelm Kolle developed the first typhoid vaccine. It was a…
On Nov. 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. He specified…
In 1895, the H. K. Mulford Company, founded in Philadelphia, became the first commercial producer of diphtheria antitoxin…
On Jul. 6, 1885, Louis Pasteur’s anti-rabies vaccine was successfully tested on nine-year old Joseph Meister who had…
Between 1884-1895, Milton J. Rosenau, Leslie L. Lumsen, Joseph H. Kastle and other Hygienic Laboratory workers conducted an…