Immunization and military medicine.
This lecture, a memorial to Joseph E. Smadel, reviews the involvement of the military in the development and use of immunizing materials. Smallpox and smallpox immunization in the military and the development and present status of immunization against typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, typhus, tetanus, diphtheria, plague, influenza, adenovirus, meningitis, rubella, and malaria are reviewed. Dr. Smadel's personal contributions to the significant achievements of the military program to civilian practice are emphasized.
D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000266:history; D002771:Cholera / Q000266:history; D003715:Dengue / Q000266:history; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000266:history*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000266:history; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000266:history; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history; D012409:Rubella / Q000266:history; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history; D013742:Tetanus / Q000266:history; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000266:history; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000266:history; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000266:history