The WHO Task Force on Vaccines for Fertility Regulation
The WHO Task Force on Vaccines for Fertility Regulation a name that sounds like the title of a dystopian novel or the punchline to a conspiracy theorist’s fever dream. But no, this was a real initiative, launched in 1972, with the goal of developing birth control vaccines. Yes, you read that r
Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925 â 2011), aka Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepatitis B virus. He was also the first director of NASA Astrobiology Institute.
He was also president of the American Philosophical Society from 2005 until his death. Blumberg and Gajdusek received the Nobel Prize for discovering “new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.” Blumberg identified the hepatitis B virus, and later develo
The first hepatitis B vaccine was approved in the United States in 1981. A recombinant version came to market in 1986. Both versions were developed by Maurice Hilleman and his team. (a history of hepatitis B vaccine)
Preliminary work In 1963, the American physician/geneticist Baruch Blumberg, working at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, discovered what he called the “Australia Antigen” (HBsAg) in the serum of an Australian Aboriginal person. In 1968, this protein was found to be part of the virus that
Wolf Szmuness, epidemiologist and former roommate of a future Pope John Paul II, is named in an AIDS origin theory involving his hepatitis B vaccine trials
Wolf Szmuness (1919 â 1982) was a Polish-born epidemiologist who emigrated to and worked in the United States. He conducted research at the New York Blood Center and, from 1973, he was director of the Center’s epidemiology laboratory. He designed and conducted the trials for the firstÂ
The Lady Who Brought Pox to the PartyÂ
Picture this: It’s 1717, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is living her best life in Constantinople, sipping Turkish coffee and learning about the latest beauty trends when she stumbles upon a local practice that would change medical history forever. Instead of bringing back exotic spices or fanc
Leavell, B S. âThomas Jefferson and smallpox vaccination.â Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association vol. 88 (1977): 119-27 and a few notes
Little Turtle, mentioned in the main article, suffered gout and rheumatism before he died in 1812 Wikipedia says Little Turtle, who also met Washington and Adams, made two trips to Washington, D.C., in 1801â02 and 1809â09 to meet with President Jefferson. Little Turtle died on July 14, 1812
âAccount of the Introduction of Vaccine Inoculation into America.â Annals of medicine, for the year … : exhibiting a concise view of the latest and most important discoveries in medicine and medical philosophy vol. 5 (1800): 477-479.
Kine Pox search turns up a couple of pages..these are some of the older articles Medical Intelligence Edinb Med Surg J. 1812 Jul 1; 8(31): 374â384.PMCID: PMC5744547 Summary Page Browse PDFâ9.6M Select item 5689258 Observations on Certain Cases of Secondary Disease, Subsequent to t
Mithridatism
Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. The word is derived from Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop im