Colin, Son of Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, Receiving MMR Immunization

National Museum of American History

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
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
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1876729
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-b92f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Colin, Son of Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, Receiving MMR Immunization
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