Sara Branham Matthews

Sara Elizabeth Branham Matthews
Injecting a chick,1955
BornNovember 16, 1888
Oxford, Georgia, United States
DiedNovember 16, 1962(1962-11-16) (aged 74)
Oxford, Georgia
Resting placeOxford Historical cemetery
Alma materUniversity of Colorado
SpousePhillips S. Matthews
AwardsHoward Taylor Ricketts (1924)
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology

Sara Elizabeth Branham Matthews (1888–1962) was an American microbiologist and physician best known for her research into the isolation and treatment of Neisseria meningitidis, a causative organism of meningitis.

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