Flexner develops meningitis serum amid NYC epidemic

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• Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book

  Then a sudden opportunity for heroism arose during the winter of 1904–1905, when three thousand New Yorkers died in a cerebrospinal meningitis epidemic. In response, Flexner developed a serum in horses to treat the disease.

  chapter: CHAPTER 23 - Faith of Fools

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