Gilbert Dalldorf
Gilbert Dalldorf (1900-1979) was an American virologist and pathologist
Dalldorf is known for isolating and characterizing the Coxsackie viruses for the first time and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Biography
- Born on March 12, 1900, in Davenport, Iowa
- 1921 – State University of Iowa
- 1924 – MD, Bellevue Hospital Medical School, University of New York
- 1925 – further training at the pathological institute of the University of Freiburg under Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942)
- 1927 – pathologist at New York Hospital under James Ewing (1866-1943)
- 1926-1932 instructor in pathological anatomy at Cornell Medical College
- 1929-1943 pathologist at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla (New York)
- 1945-1957 director of the Division of Laboratories and Research. New York State Department of Health
- 1953 – honorary DSc Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine
- 1955 – Fisher Memorial award
- 1956 – distinguished Service award, College of Medicine at New York University
- 1957 – honorary MD, University of Freiburg, awarded on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the founding of the university
- 1959 – Albert Lasker award for research on viruses
- Died on December 21, 1979
Key Medical Contributions
Major Publications
- Eddy WH, Dalldorf G. The avitaminoses; : the chemical, clinical and pathological aspects of the vitamin deficiency diseases. 3e 1944
- Dalldorf G, Sickles GM. An Unidentified, Filtrable Agent Isolated From the Feces of Children With Paralysis. Science. 1948; 108(2794): 61-2.
- Dalldorf G, Sickles GM, et al. A virus recovered from the feces of poliomyelitis patients pathogenic for suckling mice. J Exp Med. 1949 Jun 1;89(6):567-82
- Dalldorf G. The Coxsackie viruses. Bull N Y Acad Med. 1950; 26(5): 329-35
- Dalldorf G. The William Henry Welch lecture; From clostridium Welchii to the Coxsackie viruses: changing microbiology. J Mt Sinai Hosp N Y. 1952; 19(2): 396-410.
- Dalldorf G. Bornholm disease. Br Med J. 1953; 2(4830): 287-8.
- Dalldorf G. Fungi and fungous diseases. 1962
References
Biography
- Portrait. Gilbert Dalldorf (1900-1979). Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0806
- Rapp F. Gilbert Dalldorf. Biographical Memoirs. 1994; 65
Eponym
the person behind the name
