George Frederick Dick

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George Frederick Dick (July 21, 1881 - October 10, 1967) was an American physician and bacteriologist best known for his work with scarlet fever.

Dick studied scarlet fever whilst serving the Army Medical Corps during World War I. Dick continued with his research into scarlet fever following the war, and in 1923 along with his wife Gladys Rowena Dick managed to locate the cause of the disease in a toxin produced by a strain of Streptococcus bacteria. Using this, they were able to create an anti-toxin for immunisation and in 1924 they developed the Dick test to test the susceptibility of a patient to scarlet fever.

Dick also taught at various institutions throughout his career. First as a professor of clinical medicine at Rush Medical College, Chicago (1918- 33) and then as the head of the department of medicine at the University of Chicago (1933 - 45).

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