Soma Weiss ( Hung. and eng. Soma Weiss ; 1898 , Bistrita , Austria-Hungary , now Romania - 1942 , USA ) - Hungarian-American doctor.
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He studied physiology and biochemistry in Budapest . Immediately after the end of the First World War , he emigrated to the United States and in 1923 qualified in medicine. After initial work at Cornell University , Weiss moved to Harvard Medical School and in 1939 became the chief physician and professor at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital . He has published over 200 scientific articles, most associated with cardiovascular diseases and pharmacology . He died suddenly in 1942, at the age of 43, from a ruptured aneurysm of cerebral vessels .
Advances in Medicine
- First described the carotid sinus hypersensitivity syndrome.
- In 1925, with Herman Bloomgart for the first time performed the introduction of radioactive isotopes into the bloodstream.
- In 1929 with George Mallory described Mallory-Weiss syndrome .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Who Named It?
Links
- Soma Weiss (www.whonamedit.com) at www.whonamedit.com
- [1] Finding Aid to Soma Weiss papers at Harvard