A print of a 1963 photograph documenting Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, sick with a case of the mumps. Jeryl Lynn's father, Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, developed the Mumpsvax vaccine after isolating a viable mumps strain from Jeryl Lynn during her sickness. The vaccine's mumps virus strain would become known as the Jeryl Lynn strain. The pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme widely distributed this photograph as part of their press release and promotion for the Mumpsvax vaccine. This photograph has handwritten notations on the back.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman
