William Hammon

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name = William McDowall Hammon


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birth_date = 1904
birth_place = Columbus, Ohio
death_date = 1989-09-19
death_place = Seminole, Florida
residence = flagicon|USA U.S.
nationality = flagicon|USA American
field = Physician, virologist, and epidemiologist
work_institution = University of California, Berkeley
University of Pittsburgh
alma_mater = Allegheny College
Harvard Medical School

doctoral_advisor = Hans Zinsser
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known_for = Polio vaccine pioneer,cite news | author = Fowler G | title = Dr. William Hammon Dies at 85; A Pioneer in Fight Against Polio| url = | work = New York Times | publisher = | date = 1989-09-23 | accessdate = 2007-05-11 ] Tropical diseases
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William McDowall Hammon (1904 – 1989-09-19) was an American physician and researcher, best known for his work on poliomyelitis. [cite journal | author = | title = Unsung Hero of the War on Polio | journal = University of Pittsburgh Public Health Magazine | year = 2004 | volume = | pages = – | url = http://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/imagescontent/publichealthmag/2004_1spring/Unsung-SP04.pdf| format = dead link|date=June 2008 – ^{[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AUnsung+Hero+of+the+War+on+Polio&as_publication=University+of+Pittsburgh+Public+Health+Magazine&as_ylo=2004&as_yhi=2004&btnG=Search Scholar search]} ] cite journal |author=Rinaldo CR |title=Passive immunization against poliomyelitis: the Hammon gamma globulin field trials, 1951-1953 |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=95 |issue=5 |pages=790–9 |year=2005 |url = http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=15855454 | pmid=15855454 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2004.040790] In his early twenties and prior to becoming a research physician, Hammon worked for four years as a medical missionary in the former Belgian Congo. After returning, he received his undergraduate degree from Allegheny College in 1932. Completing his medical training at Harvard Medical School in 1936, Hammon then studied with the bacteriologist Hans Zinsser, receiving a Master of Public Health degree in 1938, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1939. During this period Hammon co-discovered the first vaccine for feline panleucopenia. [cite journal | author = Enders JF, Hammon WM | title = Active and passive immunization against the virus of malignant pan leucopenia of cats. | journal = Proc Soc Exp Biol Med | year = 1940 | volume = 48 | pages = 194–200 | url = ]

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