| Claus W. Jungeblut | |
| Birth Date: | June 12, 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Death Date: | February 1, 1976 |
| Death Place: | Westport, Connecticut |
| Occupation: | Bacteriologist |
Claus Washington Jungeblut (June 12, 1897 – February 1, 1976) was an American bacteriologist and vitamin researcher.
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]