MS076: American Rheumatism Association Speech, Records 5-8

Authors

Philip Showalter Hench

Author Biographical Info

Dr. Philip Showalter Hench was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 28, 1896. He died on vacation in Jamaica, March 30, 1965. He graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 20 and entered the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his medical studies in 1920 and in 1921 became a fellow at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Minnesota. He was appointed faculty member at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, in 1925. In 1926 he was appointed head of the new section on rheumatic diseases. In 1928 he studied in Frieburg, Germany under the pathologist Professor Aschoff and in Munich under Professor von Muller. In 1953 he became a senior consultant of the Mayo Clinic. He retired from the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 1957. See more at Hench, Philip Showalter.

Identifier

AVA-MS076-003-e_h-06

Publication Date(s)

1949 June

Language

English

Keywords

Cortisone, sound recordings, speeches, American Rheumatism Association. Meeting, Rheumatology, Arthritis, Rochester (N.Y.)

Abstract

This recording features part of the discussion following a speech by Dr. Philip S. Hench, which was likely given at the Seventh International Congress of Rheumatic Diseases in New York City in June 1949. Dr. Edward Kendall opens the discussion. The original eight record set has been divided into sixteen digital files. See more at Philip S. Hench, MD Papers and its finding aid.

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Comments

Digital copies made available by the Texas Medical Center Library

Recommended Citation

Hench, Philip Showalter, "MS076: American Rheumatism Association Speech, Records 5-8" (1949). Historical A/V Materials, 1920-1963. 17.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/arthritis_foundation/17