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Philip Showalter Hench

1896 - 1965

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Philip Showalter Hench (February 28, 1896 – March 30, 1965) 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." Hench received his undergraduate education at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and received his medical training at the United States Army Medical Corps and the University of Pittsburgh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Showalter Hench has received more than 104,630 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Philip Showalter Hench is the 466th most popular physician (up from 485th in 2019), the 5,140th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,420th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Philip Showalter Hench ranks 466 out of 502. Before him are Henri Dutrochet, Pierre Marie, Nicolás Monardes, Kyusaku Ogino, William Hunter, and Sergey Botkin. After him are Richard Bright, Antonio Scarpa, Antonio Bertoloni, Anastasia Golovina, Luca Ghini, and Constantin von Economo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Philip Showalter Hench ranks 155. Before him are Murray Leinster, Joseph Schildkraut, Tommy Johnson, Árpád Weisz, Robert Gerhard, and Adhemar Pimenta. After him are Ulises Saucedo, Ethel Waters, Gerardo Diego, George Burns, Barbara La Marr, and Yu Dafu. Among people deceased in 1965, Philip Showalter Hench ranks 117. Before him are Edward R. Murrow, Harry Crerar, Henry Cowell, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Alejandro Casona, and Julius Skutnabb. After him are Sonny Boy Williamson II, Viola Desmond, Aldo Nadi, Adlai Stevenson II, Konstantin Muraviev, and Amílcar Barbuy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Showalter Hench ranks 5,140 out of 18,182. Before him are John Cromwell (1886), Ronald Graham (1935), Yusuf Estes (1944), Frank Frazetta (1928), Steve Stevens (1959), and Daniela Ruah (1983). After him are Leland Sklar (1947), Gus Hall (1910), Eddie Lawson (1958), Eli Roth (1972), James Marsters (1962), and Brandi Love (1973).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Philip Showalter Hench ranks 52. Before him are William Kaelin Jr. (1957), William Stewart Halsted (1852), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Mehmet Oz (1960), Vivien Thomas (1910), and Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884). After him are Benjamin Rush (1745), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Ancel Keys (1904), William Beaumont (1785), Russell M. Nelson (1924), and Florence R. Sabin (1871).

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