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Benjamin A. Rubin

Vaccination Needle

  • Born September 27, 1917 - Pronged Vaccinating and Testing Needle Patent No. 3,194,237, inducted 1992.

  • Microbiologist Benjamin A. Rubin ground the eyelet of a sewing machine needle into a fork shape to create a vaccine delivery system that helped wipe out the killer disease smallpox
 
 

 
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