American Rheumatism Association Speech, Records 1-4

Authors

Philip Showalter Hench

Author Biographical Info

Dr. Philip Showalter Hench was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 28, 1896. In 1950, Dr. Hench was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine jointly with biochemists Dr. Edward C. Kendall and Professor Tadeus Reichstein of Basle. He won many other awards for his research work, including the Lasker Award of the American Public Health Association, the Heberden Award from the Heberden Society in Great Britain, the Criss Award from the American Rheumatology Association,an award from the Argentine Society of Rheumatology, an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the National University of Ireland, and the Modern Medicine Award.

Identifier

AVA-MS076-003-a_d-03

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 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. The original eight record set has been divided into sixteen digital files.

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, "American Rheumatism Association Speech, Records 1-4" (1949). Historical A/V Materials, 1920-1963. 6.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/arthritis_foundation/6