304710Gregg, Norman McAlister1public2013-01-27 13:43:092021-03-02 15:50:1920

GreggGregg's findings had major implications for clinical medicine, basic research and public health. His work, and that of other studies confirming his initial observations, showed that rubella, previously regarded as a mild infectious disease, could cause cataracts and other significant birth defects if susceptible women became infected in the first few months of pregnancy. His discovery stimulated rapid development in the field of teratology and offered hope for primary prevention of some birth defects. It also stimulated research workers in the laboratory to isolate the rubella virus, although this was not achieved until 1962.ADB .Norman McAlister3286414103scanned_images/Gregg, N M.jpgimage/jpeglocalGregg, N M.jpg144a84c97ef2e3bbc0540c33dc4d3df7ce32df15b7e2012-11-26 18:07:33jpgmediatype=imagea84c97ef2e3bbc0540c33dc4d3df7ce32df15b7e18025N.M.10362197552476612241602331165613116953281758928306142938797332014627201472772207277220827722092776594273879524http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/216450/2http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Gregg,_Sir_Norman_McAlister532532FRACS 1932, RFCOG 1952, FRACP 1953532M.C., M.B., Ch.M., F.R.A.C.S., D.O.M.S. : Major, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., France and England. Enlisting in March, 1915, served as R.M.O. 7th East Yorkshire Battn. from May, 1915, until June, 1918, except for short periods in 1917 when attached to the Military Hospital, Bethnal Green, London, and after being gassed at Ypres salient in December. From June, 1918, was with 52nd Field Ambulance till March, 1919, when second in command and acting major, returning 1th March, 1920. Was Acting D.A.D.M.S. in June and July, 1918, and then special Liaison Officer between the R.M.O.s and Officers in Charge of Field Ambulances until the Armistice. Awarded M.C. in 1919 and Mentioned in Despatches. Renwick Scholar. President, Undergraduates' Association. Early education at Homebush (Dux) and Sydney Grammar Schools.1035390965283075283085283095283105283115283125531765933776595377659737765993776601377660237766033776604377660537766093747054706'Congenital Cataract following German Measles in the Mother' to the Ophthalmological Society of Australia which was published in its Transactions.'Further Observations on Congenital Defects in Infants following Maternal Rubella' in the Transactions of the O.S.A. (1944).7660669766076976608697661069766116976613697661469766166960958970

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