1924 - Co-developed an antitoxin and vaccine for scarlet fever.

* Dick and her husband successfully isolated hemolytic streptococcus "as the causative agent of scarlet fever." * They later developed the Dick test, a skin test which determined a person's susceptibility to the disease and produced "active immunization by larger doses of toxin and antitoxin for treatment, prevention, and diagnosis."

Preparations of Scarlet Fever toxin for administration by mouth; Scarlet Fever toxin & antitoxin; Scarlet Fever toxin & antitoxin & process for producing the same

Category:
Pharmacology

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
2369218;CA263855A;1547369

Co-Inventor:
George F. Dick; Jonathan E. Wood