Claus W. Jungeblut
BornJune 12, 1897
Saint Paul, Minnesota
DiedFebruary 1, 1976
Westport, Connecticut
OccupationBacteriologist

Claus Washington Jungeblut (June 12, 1897 – February 1, 1976) was an American bacteriologist and vitamin researcher.

Biography

Jungeblut was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Nicholas and Gertrude Jungeblut.[1] He was educated at University of Bern where he obtained his M.D. in 1921. He was an assistant at Robert Koch Institute (1921–1922).[1]

He was a bacteriologist at the New York State Department of Health, an associate professor at Stanford University (1927–1929), and Professor of bacteriology at Columbia University (1929–1962).[1] He was research consultant on microbiology at Lenox Hill Hospital (1962–1970).[2] He was known for his research on infantile paralysis.[2][3]

Jungeblut married June Magor Beckwith in 1951.[1][4]

Jungeblut died age 78 in Westport, Connecticut.[2]

Vitamin C therapy

In the 1930s, Jungeblut conducted some of the first experiments on vitamin C therapy (megavitamin therapy). His experiments were done on monkeys infected with poliomyelitis.[5] He concluded "that under certain restricted experimental conditions, vitamin C is capable of influencing favorably the course of the infection in monkeys."[5] Albert Sabin was unable to replicate Jungeblut's results.[6]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 American Men of Medicine, Volume 3. New York: Institute for Research in Biography. p. 347
  2. 1 2 3 "Claus Jungeblut, Bacteriologist, 78". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Claus W. Jungeblut Papers 1922-1964". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mrs. June Beckwith to be Married Soon". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Medicine: Polio Clues". content.time.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Vitamin C in Relation to Experimental Poliomyelitis
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