Claus W. Jungeblut

Jungeblut was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Nicholas and Gertrude Jungeblut.[1] 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).[1]

He was a bacteriologist at the New York State Department of Health, an associate professor at Stanford University (1927–1929), and Professor of bacteriology at Columbia University (1929–1962).[1] He was research consultant on microbiology at Lenox Hill Hospital (1962–1970).[2] He was known for his research on infantile paralysis.[2][3]

Jungeblut married June Magor Beckwith in 1951.[1][4]

Jungeblut died age 78 in Westport, Connecticut.[2]

In the 1930s, Jungeblut conducted some of the first experiments on vitamin C therapy (megavitamin therapy). His experiments were done on monkeys infected with poliomyelitis.[5] He concluded "that under certain restricted experimental conditions, vitamin C is capable of influencing favorably the course of the infection in monkeys."[5] Albert Sabin was unable to replicate Jungeblut's results.[6]

• 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)