Frederick F. Russell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Army physician, developer of typhoid vaccine
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1870
Place of Birth: Auburn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 29-Dec-1960
Profession: military physician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Frederick F. Russell
- Brigadier General Frederick Fuller Russell (1870 in Auburn, New York, USA – December 29, 1960) was a U.S.
- Army physician who perfected a typhoid vaccine in 1909.
- In 1911, a typhoid vaccination program was carried out to have the entire U.S.
- Army immunized.
- As a direct result of his research, the U.S.
- Army was the first military to make vaccination a required prophylaxis against typhoid.
- The 1911 measure eliminated typhoid as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among U.S.
- military personnel.
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