Chapter Three Background, Chick embryo:, 1936 - 2002

 File — Box: 1a, Folder: 10
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents note

Books/citations: Burnet-Use of developing egg in virus research, 1936; Theiler- Use of yellow fever virus for immunization, 1937; van Rooyen and Rhodes-Virus diseases of man; Murphy- Transplantability of malignant tumors to embryos, 1919; Burnet-Influenza virus on the developing egg, 1936; Burnet- Virus disease of fowl-pox group,1933; Gay and Thompson- Attempts to cultivate vaccine virus on chick embryo, 1928; Bengston and Dyer- Cultivation of RMSF in chick embryo, 1935; anders Cultivation of viruses, 1939; PubMed citations about Egg embryo in 2000. EWG's review of Burnet's book on use of chick embryo for JAMA with hand written MSS; Correspondence: Stevenson to EWG with reply about chick embryo,1937; Lilly to EWG thanking him for cooperation in technique, 1935; Blalock to EWG with reply about development of chick embryo,1955; lice Woodruff to Greer Williams with handwritten reply to Alice by EWG, 1958; Jamieson of Eli Lillynto EWG about vaccinia, 1939; EWG to Lentz, 1937 about vaccinating TN schoolchildren with reply & "Chick vaccine" clinics; News account of article by Ratcliff called "Egg Trick"" in Collier's about EWG; Copy of Lifesaver in VU Alumnus about EWG in 1945; Portion of Memoir by Francis in American Philosophical about significance of chick embryo

Dates

  • 1936 - 2002

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Extent

From the Collection: 12.94 Cubic Feet (24 Hollinger boxes, 1 half Hollinger box, and 3 Paige boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Part of the Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection Repository

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