Louis W. Sauer | |
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 Louis W. Sauer (Wikimedia) | |
| Born | August 13, 1885 |
| Died | February 10, 1980 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago, (Illinois) |
Louis Wendlin Sauer (born August 13, 1885 in Cincinnati; d. February 10, 1980 in Miami)[1] was an American pediatrician who became known for perfecting the vaccine used to prevent pertussis (whooping cough), saving countless lives around the world.[2] After five years of work, Dr. Sauer developed the vaccine in 1931, inoculating children against pertussis, a respiratory infection that had been the most fatal disease for children under two years old.[2] He later developed the DPT vaccine, which allowed the vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus to be administered as a single injection. Dr. Sauer never asked for compensation for developing vaccines and told an interviewer later, "One doesn't do that thing for money."[3]
Sauer was born in Cincinnati, met his wife Mira while he was in Germany as he was a medical student, and established a practice at Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He earned an MD in Berlin and his PhD at the University of Chicago. Dr. Sauer was a professor at the Northwestern University Medical School in Evanston, Illinois, until his retirement in 1959 to Coral Gables, Florida.[2] He died at age 94 of pneumonia and congestive heart failure.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cough vaccine inventor dies". Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat. February 11, 1980. p. 1.
- 1 2 3 4 "AP Developer of vaccine dies". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY. 12 February 1980 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Inventor of vaccine that prevents whooping cough— A savior of children, Dr. Louis Sauer, dies". Miami News. February 11, 1980. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.