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Francis G. (Francis Gilman) Blake
1887–1952
A leading American physician and immunologist, he helped shape modern internal medicine at Yale and wrote about epidemic disease at a time when public health crises were reshaping the world.
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Epidemic Respiratory Disease The pneumonias and other infections of the repiratory tract accompanying influenza and measles
by Eugene L. (Eugene Lindsay) Opie, Francis G. (Francis Gilman) Blake, Thomas M. (Thomas Milton) Rivers, James C. (James Craig) Small
About the author
Born in Mansfield Valley, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1887, Francis Gilman Blake became an important figure in American medicine. Yale’s archives note that after his father died when he was young, his family moved to Massachusetts.
Blake built a long career at Yale, where he served as professor and chairman of internal medicine, physician-in-chief of New Haven Hospital, and later dean of the Yale School of Medicine. He was also president of the American Association of Immunologists, reflecting the respect he earned as both a clinician and a researcher.
As an author, he is associated with medical writing on epidemic respiratory disease and related infections, work shaped by the urgent health challenges of the early twentieth century. He died on February 1, 1952, leaving behind a reputation for combining scientific rigor with practical care for patients.