William Royal Stokes Explained

William Royal Stokes (1870 – February 9, 1930) was Baltimore City's bacteriologist. While investigating the 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic, he contracted psittacosis and died. An annual lecture, a library dedicated to bacteriology and a street are named for him.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Honigsbaum, Mark. The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris. Hurst & Company. 2020. 9781787381216. London. 67–98. 3. The Great Parrot Fever Pandemic.
  2. Web site: Meg. 13 September 2016. MedChi Archives: Death by Parrot. 1 August 2020. MedChi Archives.
  3. Web site: [William Royal Stokes] - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine]. 1 August 2020. collections.nlm.nih.gov.
  4. Hasseltine. H. E.. August 1932. Some Epidemiological Aspects of Psittacosis. American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. en. 22. 8. 795–803. 10.2105/AJPH.22.8.795-b. 0002-9572. 1557045. 18013556.
  5. Book: HISTORY OF MARYLAND MEDICINE. The Maryland State Medical Society.

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