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'''Benjamin Rubin''' (born September 27, 1917 in [[New York, New York]] - died March 8, 2010 <ref>http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/125.html</ref>) |
'''Benjamin Rubin''' (born September 27, 1917 in [[New York, New York]] - died March 8, 2010 <ref>http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/125.html</ref>) was an [[United States|American]] [[microbiology|microbiologist]], known as the [[inventor]] of the bifurcated [[vaccination]] [[hypodermic needle|needle]],<ref name="Tucker2002">{{cite book|author=Jonathan B. Tucker|title=Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MxqIAjXv4ggC&pg=PA72|date=August 2002|publisher=Grove Press|isbn=978-0-8021-3939-9|pages=72–}}</ref> which played an important role in the eradication of [[smallpox]]. Rubin invented this device by taking the eyelet of a [[sewing machine]] needle and grinding it down. |
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Benjamin Rubin (born September 27, 1917 in New York, New York - died March 8, 2010 [1]) was an American microbiologist, known as the inventor of the bifurcated vaccination needle,[2] which played an important role in the eradication of smallpox. Rubin invented this device by taking the eyelet of a sewing machine needle and grinding it down.
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- ^ http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/125.html
- ^ Jonathan B. Tucker (August 2002). Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox. Grove Press. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-8021-3939-9.