Sir Almroth Wright’s unfortunate nickname.

>Nowhere was pneumonia more severe than among workers in South Africa’s gold and diamond mines. Epidemic conditions were virtually constant and outbreaks routinely killed 40 percent of the men who got sick. In 1914 South African mine owners asked [Wright](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Almroth_Wright_c1900.jpg) to devise a vaccine against pneumonia. He claimed success. In fact he not only failed, his vaccinations could kill. This and other errors earned Wright the mocking nickname “Sir Almost Right” from competing investigators. __________________________ **Source:** Barry, John M. “The Tinderbox.” *The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History*. Penguin Books, 2009. 154. Print. __________________________ **Further Reading:** [Sir Almroth Edward Wright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almroth_Wright) ____________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**