Historical Tidbit: Philip Showalter Hench, MD (February 28, 1896-March 30, 1965) Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D Philip Hench administered cortisone to several patients with…
Theodor Kocher (25 August 1841 to 27 July 1917) and cachexia strumipriva Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D Cachexia strumipriva, a condition having the signs…
Historical Tidbit: Alfred F. Hess, MD (9 October 1875 to 5 December 1933) and the Prevention of Rickets Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D Alfred…
Historical Tidbit: James Bertram Collip (20 November 1892 to 19 June 1965) and Parathyroid Hormone Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D “Bert” Collip was a…
Historical Tidbit: Dr. David Marine (20 September 1880 to 6 November 1976) and NaI as goiter prophylaxis Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D David Marine,…
Historical Tidbit: Graves’ disease….or is it? Submitted by Evan Graber, DO In 1835 an Irish physician Sir Robert Graves first reported 4 women with “violent and…
Historical Tidbit: Early evidence of psychosocial effects on growth -Frederick II (13th century Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Italy and Germany) Submitted…
Historical Tidbit: A cautionary genetics tidbit Submitted by Walter L. Miller, MD Whole exome sequencing (WES) aims to determine the sequence of all protein-coding segments (‘exons’)…
History Tidbit: The adjustable micropipette Submitted by Walter Miller In our youth, many of us used glass pipettes to make buffers and other solutions. Following the…
Historical Tidbit: H. Franklin Bunn (July 7, 1935- ) Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D Franklin Bunn, a hematologist noted (with Gabbay and Gallop) that…