IMMUNITY TO POLIOMYELITIS
Authors: J GEAR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 July 1952IMMUNITY TO POLIOMYELITISJAMES GEARJAMES GEARAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians has conferred a great honor on me and on the University and the Institute, which I represent, and on the country from which I come, in selecting me to give the James D. Bruce Memorial Lecture in Preventive Medicine. I am very proud indeed to receive this high award from the distinguished President of your famous College, yet I feel very humble as I stand before you thinking of those eminent men who have preceded me in this office. Dr. James S. Simmons, Dr. Stanhope Bayne-Jones, Dr. Karl F. Meyer...Bibliography1. Higginson J: Malignant neoplastic disease in the South African Bantu, Cancer 4: 1224-1231, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Johannesburg,*James D. Bruce Memorial Lecture, presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 21, 1952.From the South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIn the shadow of warActive immunization against poliomyelitisST. HELENIAN CELLULITIS.Geographical pathology in southern africaA Continuing Study of the Acquisition of Natural Immunity to Poliomyelitis in Representative Louisiana HouseholdsIMMUNIZING INFECTIONS WITH POLIOMYELITIS VIRUSES AND SEROIMMUNE PATTERNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANAA CLINICAL STUDY OF POLIOMYELITIS IN THE TROPICS*JOHN P. UTZ, M.D.Current pediatric references 1 July 1952Volume 37, Issue 1Page: 1-22KeywordsImmunityPoliomyelitisPreventive medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1952 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1952, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...