Medical Pioneer. An epidemiologist, he isolated the viruses that caused Influenza A in 1934 and Influenza B in 1940. He also directed the trials of the Salk vaccine, the first that was successful against polio. When he graduated high school in 1917 in a western Pennsylvania steel town, the world was suffering 'La Grippe' of a pandemic that stole more than 50 million lives. His mother and sister-in-law engaged in nursing and so Tommy had been drafted to assist in the local hospital in New Castle, Pa. It changed the course of his life.
Medical Pioneer. An epidemiologist, he isolated the viruses that caused Influenza A in 1934 and Influenza B in 1940. He also directed the trials of the Salk vaccine, the first that was successful against polio. When he graduated high school in 1917 in a western Pennsylvania steel town, the world was suffering 'La Grippe' of a pandemic that stole more than 50 million lives. His mother and sister-in-law engaged in nursing and so Tommy had been drafted to assist in the local hospital in New Castle, Pa. It changed the course of his life.
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