Colin, Son of Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, Receiving MMR Immunization

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Object Details

Description (Brief)

A print of a July 1991 photograph documenting Dr. R. Buchta vaccinating Colin, the son of Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, against measles, mumps, and rubella. The MMR vaccine that Colin received was developed by Colin's, grandfather, Dr. Maurice Hilleman. The mumps component of the MMR vaccine contains the Jeryl Lynn strain of virus - a strain that the Dr. Hilleman isolated from his daughter, Jeryl Lynn, when she was sick with the mumps.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman

date made

ca 1991

ID Number

2017.3081.05

catalog number

2017.3081.05

nonaccession number

2017.3081

Object Name

photograph, vaccination, measles mumps rubella

Measurements

overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm

place made

United States: California, San Diego, La Jolla

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-b92f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1876729