Events

Sam Noble Museum, Norman

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Info: 2 p.m. (1940) Nominated for an Oscar in Best Original Screenplay.  In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Dr. Max Erlich makes several valuable contributions to medical science. Among these was the ability to develop a serum to fight diseases such as typhoid by slowly building up natural immunities. From these successes, Erlich moved on to using chemicals as a cure for disease. His success at finding a cure for syphilis proves his ideas to be correct but he is forced to defend them in court when he sues a colleague for libel. Unrated. Free with paid museum admission.