Author of the article: Susanna McLeod
Publishing date: Apr 21, 2021  â¢Â 5 hours ago  â¢Â 5 minute read
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Examining data gathered in the laboratory in 1918, a Queenâs University professor of bacteriology and his assistants learned that their vaccines temporarily hindered bacterial influenza. Probes into several types of infections in humans and cattle produced a different reaction in the 1940s â a call from the Canadian military. Then Dr. Guilford B. Reed was asked to contribute to top secret biological warfare research.
With his brand new PhD in science from Harvard tucked under his arm in 1915, Reed (born Nov. 27, 1887, in Nova Scotia) joined the teaching staff at Queenâs University in Kingston. An assistant professor in the department of botany, Reed was soon assigned to the department of pathology and bacteriology to assist Dr. W.T. Connell in his many tasks. In August of the same year, Reed married Elsie Clarissa Porter in Truro and brought his bride to Kingston.