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In Memoriam: George W. Comstock (1915–2007)
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George Wills Comstock, a physician and professor emeritus at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, died on July 15, 2007, at his home in Smithsburg, Md. at age 92 after a long bout with cancer of the prostate. He was a distinguished epidemiologist who conducted seminal research on tuberculosis control and treatment and on cancer, heart disease and lung disease.
Comstock served as a captain in the U. S. Public Health Service for 21 years and taught at Johns Hopkins University for more than 50 years. He became professor emeritus in 2003, but continued to teach courses on the epidemiologic basis for tuberculosis control until his death. Comstock authored hundreds
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