1881-1967, 1881-1963
Scientists

Achievements.

Early Lives.

Searching for the Germ.

Early Investigation.

First Human Experiments.

Success.

Preventive Measures Introduced.

Immunization Developed.

Use of the Process.

 Practical use of the Dick skin test and immunization began immediately. The New York City Board of Health sent for the toxin as soon as the experimentation was complete. Health officials seemed to agree with what the Dicks wrote in the American Journal of Public Health in 1924: "Because complications may occur so early in scarlet fever, and the damage done by the disease is to be estimated not so much in the number of deaths as in the after effects, the importance of preventive immunization is apparent."

Sources:

George F. Dick and Gladys H. Dick, "Scarlet Fever," American Journal of Public Health, 14 (December 1924): 1022-1028;

Ernest Gruening, "Another Germ Bites the Dust," Colliers, 74 (4 October 1924): 26.