Meningitis records, [ca. 1907-1911].

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Meningitis records, [ca. 1907-1911].

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This material includes a wealth of patient case records from doctors and hospitals all over the world, relating to the treatment of cerebrospinal meningitis using the serum developed at the Rockefeller Institute by Simon Flexner. The epidemics in 1904-1905 and 1907 in New York City prompted the Institute, under Flexner's guidance, to attack this disease. His treatment involved injection of the virus directly in to the spinal canal, which proved much more effective than prior procedures. Flexner kept his serum under his own supervision for several years (it apparently was difficult to produce), and the Rockefeller Institute became known as the primary source of knowledge about this disease and treatment. These records are the data relating to the serum and its use.

6 linear ft. ; ca. 5000 index cards.

American Philosophical Society Library

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Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946

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Simon Flexner was a physician, administrator, professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901-1935). From the description of Papers, 1891-1946. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122535412 Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States d...

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was established in 1901. It was the first institution in the United States devoted solely to bio-medical research. In 1958 the name was changed to the Rockefeller Institute; in 1965 the Institute became the Rockefeller University. From the description of Meningitis records, [ca. 1907-1911]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523442 The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was founded in 1901 i...

Rockefeller Institute.

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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 I...