Dick,George Frederick

Dick,George Frederick
Dick (dĭk), George Frederick. 1881-1967.
American medical researcher who teamed with his wife, Gladys Henry Dick (1881-1963), to isolate the germ that causes scarlet fever. They developed a serum for the disease (1923) and the Dick test for susceptibility (1924).

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