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Theiler, Max
Born Jan. 30, 1899, in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa; died Aug. 11, 1972, in New Haven, Conn. American physician and microbiologist. Theiler studied medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1917 and 1918 and completed his studies in London in 1922. In 1951 he became director of the division of medicine and public health laboratories of the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. Beginning in 1964 he was also a professor at the Yale Medical School. As a researcher he was concerned primarily with the causes of amoebic dysentery, leptospirosis, and Japanese encephalitis. In 1951, Theiler was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his research on yellow fever virus and the development of two vaccines for human immunization against yellow fever. WORKS“Studies on the Action of Yellow Fever Virus in Mice.” Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1930, no. 24.“Yellow Fever Protection Test in Mice by Intracerebral Injection.” Annals of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1933, no. 27. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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