George Frederick Dick

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birth_date = July 21, 1881
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death_date = October 10, 1967
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nationality = American
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field = bacteriology
work_institutions = Rush Medical College, Chicago
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known_for = scarlet fever
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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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*Citation
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publication-date=1983 Dec 9
year=1983
title=Landmark article Jan 26, 1924: The etiology of scarlet fever. By George F. Dick and Gladys Henry Dick.
volume=250
issue=22
periodical=JAMA
pages=3096
*Citation
id = PMID:4552857
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4552857
last=Rhoads
first=P S
publication-date=1972 Jan
year=1972
title=Personal glimpses of past medical heroes of Chicago.
volume=29
issue=1
periodical=The Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago
pages=16-23
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url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4912000
last=Jacobson
first=L O
publication-date=1969
year=1969
title=George F. Dick 1880-1967.
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periodical=Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians
pages=32
*Citation
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url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4947471
last=Rhoads
first=P S
publication-date=1967 Nov
year=1967
title=George Frederick Dick 1881-1967.
volume=26
issue=12
periodical=The Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago
pages=325-7