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ALFRED R. ROBBINS, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1935;14(4):629-640.

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Noguchi's announcement in 1927 that he had discovered a new organism, namely, Bacterium granulosis, which was responsible for the production of trachoma, attracted world-wide attention. The reputation of Noguchi as one of the outstanding investigators in the field of bacteriology and the impressiveness of his preliminary reports had aroused hopes that one of the most puzzling of the ophthalmologic problems had been solved. While further communications from Noguchi were eagerly awaited, the sad news arrived that he had died a martyr to the cause of medical research.

The work so ably begun by Noguchi has been continued by his co-workers and by numerous investigators in many countries. Today, seven years after the announcement of the discovery of Bact. granulosis, new publications on this organism are appearing, making the problem still active. There are now at one's disposal more than one hundred articles dealing with this subject, and one feels . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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