George Frederick Dick

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George Frederick Dick
George Frederick Dick
Born	July 21, 1881
Died	October 10, 1967
Nationality	American
Fields	bacteriology
Institutions	Rush Medical College, Chicago
Known for	scarlet fever

George Frederick Dick (July 21, 1881 – October 10, 1967) was an American physician and bacteriologist best known for his work with scarlet fever.

Dick studied scarlet fever whilst serving the Army Medical Corps during World War I. Dick continued with his research into scarlet fever following the war, and in 1923, in collaboration with his wife Gladys Rowena Dick, managed to locate the cause of the disease in a toxin produced by a strain of Streptococcus bacteria. Using this, they were able to create an anti-toxin for immunization.

He was a professor of clinical medicine at Rush Medical College, Chicago (1918- 33), and then became the head of the department of medicine at the University of Chicago (1933 - 45).

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• Dick, G F & Dick, G H (1983), “Landmark article Jan 26, 1924: The etiology of scarlet fever. By George F. Dick and Gladys Henry Dick.”, JAMA 250 (22): 3096, 1983 Dec 9, PMID:6358561, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6358561> 
• Rhoads, P S (1972), “Personal glimpses of past medical heroes of Chicago.”, The Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago 29 (1): 16-23, 1972 Jan, PMID:4552857, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4552857> 
• Jacobson, L O (1969), “George F. Dick 1880-1967.”, Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians 82: 32, 1969, PMID:4912000, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4912000> 
• Rhoads, P S (1967), “George Frederick Dick 1881-1967.”, The Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago 26 (12): 325-7, 1967 Nov, PMID:4947471, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4947471>