Canister that Housed the Jeryl Lynn Strain Mumps Virus Seed Stock
notes: label: Description
content: This stainless steel cannister once housed the Jeryl Lynn Strain mumps virus seed stock that was used in the Mumpsvax mumps vaccine made by Merck & Co. Jeryl Lynn Hilleman contracted mumps in 1963. Maurice Hilleman, her father, was leading efforts to produce a mumps vaccine for Merck, and cultured the mumps virus from her throat. In 1967, Merck introduced a widely successful vaccine. The cannister was probably made by the Girton Manufacturing Co., in Millville, Pa.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Antibody Initiative: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Merck & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0291.01
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content: 2017.0291.01
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content: 2017.0291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: vaccine, mumps, container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber; stainless steel; steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 67.31 cm x 21.59 cm