Herbert Clay Scurlock (March 11, 1875 – September 26, 1952) was an American biochemist and a pioneer in the application of radiation therapy for treating cancer and the use of X-rays for dental diagnosis.
Scurlock was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1875.
[1][2] From 1900 to 1905, Scurlock worked as an assistant in chemistry and lecturer in electrotherapy and X-ray at Howard University College of Medicine.
[1][2] He was a member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia, and even its president in 1916.
[3] Herbert and his wife, Mabel S. Scurlock, had a son, Herbert S. Scurlock, and four daughters, Dorothea Dedmon, Helen Brown, Nina E. Mundy and Mabel E.