Joseph Franklin Siler
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Colonel Joseph Franklin Siler, MD (1875–1960) was a U.S. Army physician noted for investigations of mosquito transmission of dengue fever in the Philippines and for Marijuana Smoking in Panama, one of the first experimental reports on cannabis.[1]
Siler was commander the Laboratory Service in the American Expeditionary Forces in France in World War I and undertook extensive experimental observations on the manufacture and immunizing efficacy of anti-typhoid vaccines.
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[edit]- ^ Madras, B.; Kuhar, M. (2013). The Effects of Drug Abuse on the Human Nervous System. Elsevier Science. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-12-418685-9.
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- Bayne-Jones, Stanhope (1968), The Evolution of Preventive Medicine in the United States Army, 1607-1939, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (Photo of Siler)