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Sir Samuel Phillips Bedson

Born  1886
Died  1969

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1886-1969.

Biography of Sir Samuel Phillips Bedson

Bibliography

  • Sir S. P. Bedson, J. W. Bland:
    Morphological study of psittacosis virus, with the description of a developmental cycle.
    British Journal of Experimental Pathology, Oxford, 1932, 13: 461-466.
    Conclusive proof of the causal relationship of the psittacosis agent to the infection.
  • Sir S. P. Bedson, C. F. Barwell, E. J. King and W. J. Bishop:
    The laboratory diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum.
    Journal of Clinical Pathology, London, 1949, 2: 241-249.

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