Gilbert Dalldorf
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
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