Alphonse Dochez

Alphonse Raymond Dochez
Truman and the National Defense Research Committee.jpg
Dochez at a National Defense Research Committee meeting in 1947.
BornApril 21, 1882
San Francisco, CA
DiedJune 30, 1964
New York, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Known forPioneering studies of pneumonia, scarlet fever, and the common cold.
PartnerOswald Avery
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology
InstitutionsRockefeller University
Johns Hopkins University
Columbia University

Alphonse Raymond Dochez (April 21, 1882 – June 30, 1964) was an American physician and microbiologist. His research focused on infectious diseases, including scarlet fever, the common cold, and pneumococcal pneumonia. Dochez is credited with developing the first effective treatment for scarlet fever. His work also established viruses as the cause of the common cold.[1]

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