Claus W. Jungeblut

Claus Washington Jungeblut (June 12, 1897 – February 1, 1976) was an American bacteriologist and vitamin researcher.

Biography

Jungeblut was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Nicholas and Gertrude Jungeblut. He was educated at University of Bern where he obtained his M.D. in 1921. He was an assistant at Robert Koch Institute (1921–1922). He was known for his research on infantile paralysis.

Jungeblut married June Magor Beckwith in 1951.

Jungeblut died age 78 in Westport, Connecticut. He concluded "that under certain restricted experimental conditions, vitamin C is capable of influencing favorably the course of the infection in monkeys."

Selected publications

Inactivation of Poliomyelitis Virus in Vitro by Crystalline Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) (1935) Vitamin C Therapy and Prophylaxis in Experimental Poliomyelitis (1937) A Further Contribution to Vitamin C Therapy in Experimental Poliomyelitis (1939) Studies on the Inactivation of Diphtheria Toxin by Vitamin C (I-Ascorbic Acid) (1941)