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Friedrich Franz Friedmann

1876-10-26 – 1953-02-19

Portrait of Friedrich Franz Friedmann
Bain News Service,, publisher. Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann in 1913 [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.12556 Call Number: LC-B2- 2639-14Credit: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia.

Life & Legacy

Friedrich Franz Friedmann (October 26, 1876 – February 19, 1953) was a tuberculosis researcher in Berlin who came to New York City to give what he called the "turtle vaccine" to people who came to his clinic in 1913. He claimed to have developed a strain capable of providing immunity, by passing the strain through turtles.

Occupation & Career

physician

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q111769 — wikidata View source

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