1920's Medicine and Health | George and Dick, Gladys 1881-1967, 1881-1963

SCIENTISTS

Achievements.

George and Gladys Dick, a husbandand-wife team of scientists, were able to control scarlet fever, a disease that had taken its toll on thousands. The Dicks did not find a cure for scarlet fever, but they were responsible for creating a test to determine an individual's susceptibility and for creating a way to prevent the disease.

Early Lives.

Dr. George Francis Dick was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attended Indiana University, and was a graduate of the Rush Medical School in Chicago. Dick found his calling in the area of researching contagious diseases. It was during his studies in this area that George Dick met Gladys Henry. Henry earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of Nebraska and went on to receive the M.D. at Johns Hopkins in 1907. She did postgraduate work at Hopkins and at the University of Berlin. In 1911 Henry moved to Chicago, where her career and personal...