Dr. Ding
SS Sturmbannfuehrer
3 Feb 43:
Sterility Experiment with an Egg Vaccine
A package was sent to us with a small bottle of 20 cc. typhus vaccine from egg-yolk cultures. Op No. 35 of 15 October 1942. A second injection on 8 December 1942, a third injection on 13 December 1942, of a typhus vaccination for immunization was carried out on Sister Lilli Boehm, born on 3 April 1912, by resident surgeon Dr. von Eysmond. Towards evening a temperature of 104° F. (40° C.). Forty-eight hours after the last vaccination, death in coma in the German clinic in Kovno.
Section protocol: Typhus (No. 2033, University of Kovno, pathological institute, Dr. Starkus).
Investigation: Material vaccinated on
| 1. 2 percent Schraegagar } | |
| 2. Bouillon } | |
| 3. 2 percent Glucose Bouillon} | |
| 4. Tarrozzi } | No growth after 48 hours |
| 5. Blood slide } | |
| 6. Klauberg slide } |
During animal experiments, guinea pigs and mice were vaccinated intraperitoneally and under the skin of the back. No pathological symptoms at all.
Results: The vaccine not responsible for the death. Vaccination took place during the incubation period.