Title
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Creation Date
1923
Description
William S. Tillett, circa early 1920s
Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center
William Smith Tillett (1892-1974) was an American internist and microbiologist. He is best known for the discovery of C-reactive protein and streptokinase.
See also C-Reactive Protein: From Pneumococcal Pneumonia to Cardiovascular Disease Risk and National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
Keywords
William Tillet, RIMR, pneumococcus, Oswald Avery