Philip S. Hench(1896–1965)
MedicinePhilip Showalter Hench was an American physician. Hench, along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for the discovery of the hormone cortisone, and its application for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The Nobel Committee bestowed the award for the trio's "discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects."
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for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects
IndependentMost Cited Works
Top publications by citation countTHE PRESENT STATUS OF RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR 1936: (Fourth Rheumatism Review)
The discriminate use of the cortisones and corticotropins in general medicine with special reference to the collagen diseases.
Psychogenic Rheumatism, its Incidence, Practical Importance and Differentiation from Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibrositis
Plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in patients with certain rheumatic diseases and in normal persons; preliminary report.
Prednisone in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Metabolic and Clinical Effects
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View all worksTHE PRESENT STATUS OF RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR 1936: (Fourth Rheumatism Review)
THE PROBLEM OF RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS
The discriminate use of the cortisones and corticotropins in general medicine with special reference to the collagen diseases.
Psychogenic Rheumatism, its Incidence, Practical Importance and Differentiation from Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibrositis
Plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in patients with certain rheumatic diseases and in normal persons; preliminary report.
Prednisone in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Metabolic and Clinical Effects
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