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In 1892, the physician and medical administrator Simon Flexner began research on cerebrospinal meningitis, a meningococcal disease with an untreated mortality rate between 70 and 90%. Experimenting on monkeys, Flexner developed a promising serum treatment for the disease by 1903, which he used extensively during the epidemic outbreaks of meningitis in New York City in 1904-1905 and 1907. For several years, Flexner kept his serum under his close supervision, with the result that the Rockefeller Institute became the primary source for knowledge about meningitis and its treatment.

From the guide to the Rockefeller Institute. Meningitis Records, 1907-1913, (American Philosophical Society)
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creatorOf Rockefeller Institute. Meningitis Records, 1907-1913 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Rockefeller Institute. Letters, 1964-1965, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982. Reminiscences of Rene Jules Dubos : oral history, 1957. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Florence Rena Sabin Papers MS 136., 1872-1985 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Osterhout, W. J. V. (Winthrop John Van Leuven), 1871-1964. Papers, 1894-1961. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Marker, Russell Earl, 1902-1995,. Oral history interview with Russell E. Marker, 1987 April 17. Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History
referencedIn Florence Rena Sabin Papers, 1907-1940 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Rockefeller University. Meningitis records, [ca. 1907-1911]. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn McLean, Franklin C. Papers, 1881-1969 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Biographical data on Karl Landsteiner, 1923-1952, 1923-1952 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Wulsin family papers, 1869-1933. Houghton Library
referencedIn Webster, Leslie Tillotson, 1894-1943. Papers, 1909-1943. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Papers, 1873-1945 (inclusive), 1881-1945 (bulk) Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn Peyton Rous Papers, Circa 1917-1970 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Leslie Tillotson Webster papers, 1909-1943, 1909-1943 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Opie, Eugene Lindsay, 1873-1971. Papers, [ca. 1919]-1971. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn James family publication accounts and correspondence, 1890-1923. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hayne, Theodore Brevard. Papers. Medical University of South Carolina Libraries
referencedIn W. J. V. (Winthrop John Van Leuven) Osterhout papers, 1894-1961, 1894-1961 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn James Bumgardner Murphy Papers, Circa 1918-1950 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn McLean, Franklin C. (Franklin Chambers), 1888-. Papers, 1881-1968. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Mackenzie, George M.,. Biographical data on Karl Landsteiner, 1923-1952. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Rockefeller Institute. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1932. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-. Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986 (bulk 1930-1980). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981. Papers, 1903-1982. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Poliomyelitis Records, 1916 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Office of the Messrs Rockefeller. General files. 1890-1961. Rockefeller Archive Center
referencedIn Sabin, Florence Rena, 1871-1953. Papers, 1872-1985. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Eugene Opie Papers, Circa 1919-1971 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Murphy, James B. (James Bumgardner), 1884-1950. Papers, [ca. 1918]-1950. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Dochez, A. R. (Alphonse Raymond). Reminiscences of Alphonse Raymond Dochez : oral history, 1955. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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correspondedWith Cannon, Walter B. (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945 person
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associatedWith Clark, Wilfrid E. Le Gros, (Wilfrid Edward Le Gros), 1895-1971 person
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