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Biography

Name: George and Gladys Dick
Group Members: George Dick, Gladys Dick
Nationality: American
Occupations: physicians, physician

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Biography of George and Gladys Dick
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This husband-and-wife team made major contributions to our knowledge of scarlet fever and later found themselves at the center of an international controversy over alleged commercialization of medical advances. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his...


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Scarlet Fever Summary
878 words, approx. 3 pages
Scarlet fever is an infection caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus (pronounced strep-tuh-KOK-us). The disease is characterized by a sore throat (see sore throat entry), fever, and a sandpaper-like rash on reddened skin. It is primarily a...
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Scarlet Fever Summary
546 words, approx. 2 pages
Scarlet fever, caused by Group A streptococcal bacteria, was a common disease at one time, especially in children. Named for the flushing of the face that it causes, it is characterized by a sore throat, chills, fever, headache, vomiting, rapid pulse,...
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Scarlet Fever Summary
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Scarlet Fever An acute, contagious, bacterial disease characterized by sore throat, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, and a bright red, non-itchy rash. Also called scarlatina. Scarlet fever occurs most often during the winter months. Children between the...
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Dick Test Summary
226 words, approx. 1 pages
The Dick test is a laboratory test designed to indicate whether or not a person is immune to scarlet fever. Scarlet fever, at one time fairly common in children, is a disease named for the flushed face, red rash, and fever it causes. The Dick test is...
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Scarlet fever Information
1,411 words, approx. 5 pages
Scarlet fever is a disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes Group A and occurs rarely with impetigo or other streptococcal infections. It is characterized by sore throat, fever, a 'strawberry' tongue, and a fine sandpaper rash...
 


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Scarlet Fever
10/16/2003: 1,004 words, approx. 3 pages
CHARLYNE VARKONYI SCHAUB, Knight Ridder Newspapers The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-16-2003 SCARLET FEVER -- In the design world, red has never been hotter By CHARLYNE VARKONYI SCHAUB, Knight Ridder Newspapers Date: 10-16-2003, Thursday Section: HOME Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two...
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Hecate
Scarlet Fever.(Poem)
05/01/2006: 418 words, approx. 1 pages
Scarlet Fever 'Blood and bone made the poppies grow,' Fleur wrote in her memoir, already corrupted by previous editors before it got to my friend. Fleur was a nurse in the second world war. In peace time blood, the red rum of war...
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AP Features
Doctors say Lincoln had severe smallpox when he delivered Gettysburg Address
5/22/2007: 692 words, approx. 2 pages
Abraham Lincoln has been dead for 142 years, but he still manages to make medical headlines, this time from doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.Physicians in Baltimore said last week that Lincoln might have survived...
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AP News
Lincoln said had smallpox at Gettysburg
5/22/2007: 692 words, approx. 2 pages
Abraham Lincoln has been dead for 142 years, but he still manages to make medical headlines, this time from doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.Physicians in Baltimore said last week that Lincoln might have survived...
 


 

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