Goodpasture, E(rnest) W(illiam)
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born Oct. 17, 1886, Montgomery county, Tenn., U.S.
died Sept. 20, 1960, Nashville, Tenn.
U.S. pathologist.
He spent most of his career (1924–55) at Vanderbilt University. His method for cultivating viruses and rickettsias in fertile chicken eggs, developed in 1931, made possible the production of vaccines for such diseases as smallpox, influenza, yellow fever, typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other illnesses caused by agents that propagate in living tissue.
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Goodpasture, E(rnest) W(illiam) — (7 oct. 1886, cond. de Montgomery, Tenn., EE.UU.–20 sep. 1960, Nashville, Tenn.). Patólogo estadounidense. Pasó la mayor parte de su carrera (1924–55) en la Universidad Vanderbilt. Su método para cultivar virus y rickettsias en huevos de gallina… … Enciclopedia Universal
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