Dr. Albert Sabin with Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, then President of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

American Jewish Medical Inventors

The scourge of poliomyelitis (polio), which struck thousands of children was eliminated by vaccines developed by Jonas Salk (1914-95) and Albert Sabin (1906-93). The Salk vaccine is given by intramuscular injection and the Sabin vaccine is given orally.