Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2339

ALBERT BRUCE SABIN (b. 1906) Acute ascending myelitis following a monkey bite, with the isolation of a virus capable of reproducing the disease. 1934 (In Journal of experimental medicine. Vol. 59, no. 2 (1934), pp. 115-136.) 25 cm.

A native of Poland, Sabin came to the United States when he was fifteen years old. He was graduated from New York University's College of Medicine and, after additional study, research, and training, joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Sabin developed a life-long interest in poliomyelitis early in his career and was one of the leaders in the effort that led to the conquest of this dread disease. In the present paper, Sabin and Wright report on the research which resulted in the isolation of the Herpesvirus simiae (B virus). Sabin was one of three scientists who independently developed an oral vaccine for polio in the mid and late 1950s.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4658