Samuel Taylor Darling

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Samuel Taylor Darling

Samuel Taylor Darling (April 6, 1872 in Harrison, New Jersey – May 21, 1925 in Beirut) was an American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum in Panama in 1906. [1] He died in Beirut in a car accident together with British malariologist Norman Lothian. [2] [3] [4] The Darling Foundation prize for malaria research was established in his memory. [2]

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References

  1. E. Chaves-Carballo (2007). The Tropical World of Samuel Taylor Darling: Parasites, Pathology and Philanthropy. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN   978-1-84519-183-2 . Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 Irish Journal of Medical Science (1926–1967) Volume 4, Number 12, p. 570
  3. Peckham, C.; Gardiner, P.; Tibbenham, A. (1925). "Vision screening of adolescents and their use of glasses". BMJ. 1 (6171): 1111–1113. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3363.1111-a. PMC   1598732 . PMID   444955.
  4. "Samuel Taylor Darling 1872–1925". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. s1-5 (5): 318–321. 1925. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1925.s1-5.318.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Darling.