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.American Men of Medicine, Volume 3. New York: Institute for Research in Biography. p. 347 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).
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). He was research consultant on microbiology at Lenox Hill Hospital (1962–1970)."Claus Jungeblut, Bacteriologist, 78". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021. He was known for his research on infantile paralysis."Claus W. Jungeblut Papers 1922-1964". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
Jungeblut married June Magor Beckwith in 1951."Mrs. June Beckwith to be Married Soon". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
Jungeblut died age 78 in Westport, Connecticut.
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."Medicine: Polio Clues". content.time.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021. He concluded "that under certain restricted experimental conditions, vitamin C is capable of influencing favorably the course of the infection in monkeys." Albert Sabin was unable to replicate Jungeblut's results.
Selected publications
Inactivation of Poliomyelitis Virus in Vitro by Crystalline Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) (1935) Vitamin C Therapy and Prophylaxis in Experimental Poliomyelitis (1937) A Further Contribution to Vitamin C Therapy in Experimental Poliomyelitis (1939) Studies on the Inactivation of Diphtheria Toxin by Vitamin C (I-Ascorbic Acid) (1941)
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