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Howard T. Ricketts
(9 Feb 1871 - 3 May 1910)
American pathologist who discovered the role of ticks in the transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. He died at age 39 from contracting typhus, the disease he was then investigating.
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Science Quotes by Howard T. Ricketts (1 quote)
Howard Taylor Ricketts.
One can only say that the truth will be pursued, whatever the ultimate result may be.
— Howard T. Ricketts
Written to Dr. Tuttle, Secretary of the Montana Board of Health, two months after Ricketts had begun his research on spotted fever. As quoted in W. Malcolm Reid and C. Donald Vogel, 'Three Glimpses into the Life of Howard Taylor Ricketts', Bios (May 1951), 22, No. 2, 98.
See also:
- 9 Feb - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Ricketts's birth.
- Howard Taylor Ricketts - Biography and Rocky Mountain Fever - Memorial Address (1910).
- Howard Taylor Ricketts - Paper on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: History of a Twentieth-Century Disease, by Victoria Harden. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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