Dunham, Edward K. (Edward Kellogg), 1860-1922

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Bacteriologist and pathologist; professor at Bellevue College, N.Y.C.

Born New York City, 1860. Attended Harvard Medical School; researched cholera at Koch's laboratory in Berlin where he discovered the "cholera-red" reaction; worked for the Board of Health Commission in Boston and later became professor of pathology at the Bellevue Medical College of New York University. During World War I, he worked with Dr. Henry Dakin on antiseptic research and later was appointed chairman of the "Empyema Commission" for the study of disease in U.S. Army hospitals. Died 1922. After Edward's death his empyema research was published by Mary (Dows) Dunham and some of his colleagues.

From the description of Papers, 1871-1931. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 36836635

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referencedIn Dunham Family. Papers, 1814-1951 (bulk 1855-1951). Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Dunham, Mary Dows, 1865-1936. Papers, 1875-1938. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Dunham Family Papers MS 246., 1814-1951 [ongoing], 1855-1951 Sophia Smith Collection
creatorOf Dunham, Edward K. (Edward Kellogg), 1860-1922. Papers, 1871-1931. Smith College, Neilson Library
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associatedWith Dakin, Henry Drysdale, 1880- person
associatedWith Dunham family family
associatedWith Dunham family. family
associatedWith Dunham Family. family
associatedWith Dunham, Mary Dows, 1865-1936. person
associatedWith Harvard Medical School corporateBody
associatedWith Jacobson, C. A. (Carl Alfred), 1876-1956. person
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Empyema
Pathology
World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care
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Birth 1860

Death 1922-04-16

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