" (...) In 1935, in a letter from the Director of Biological Services, of the Pittman-Moore Company to Dr. Jamieson of Eli Lilly, ‘‘we have obtained marked local reaction in about 50 percent of the dogs injected with serum containing dilutions of Merthiolate varying from 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 5,000 . . . no connection between the lot of serum and the reaction. In other words, Merthiolate is unsatisfactory as a preservative for serum intended for use on dogs . . ." MERCURY IN MEDICINE REPORT HON. DAN BURTON OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, May 20, 2003 Congressional Report E 1011-30 https://www.aapsonline.org/vaccines/mercinmed.pdf page 9
