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Mead Johnson & Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1900-

Biography

Mead Johnson & Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Mead Johnson as the American Ferment Company, Jersey City, N.J. In 1905 the name was changed to Mead Johnson and Company. The company moved to Evansville, Ind. in 1915. The company became a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Company in 1967.

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Appendicitis in Childhood, 1941

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Black and white film with sound showing Joseph Brennemann, MD giving a lecture about appendicitis in children. He discusses the symptoms and courses of treatment at different stages, the theories of its causes–particularly the connection to upper respiratory infections, the reasons that pediatricians should be interested in the subject, and his expertise on the subject as the head of Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Throughout the lecture he gives specific examples of cases that he has...
Dates: 1941