The Heart-Sounds in Normal and Pathological Conditions

1939 CLASSIC OF CARDIAC AUSCULTATION BY PREMIER ARGENTINIAN CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGISTS ORIAS AND MENENDEZ. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, publisher's red pebbled cloth binding, title to cover, gilt title to spine, frontis portrait of Carl J. Wiggers on verso of half-title, xx, 258 pp, 127 figures in text, corners lightly bumped, spine ends slightly worn, very good. OSCAR ORIAS (1906 - 1955) trained with Carl J Wiggers of Western Reserve University and Walter B. Cannon of Harvard University. In 1939, in collaboration with E. Braun-Menendez, he published Heart Sounds in Normal and Pathological Conditions, which became a classic in the field. In 1935 he was appointed professor of physiology of the Medical School of the University of Cordoba. In 1947 he became director of the Instituto de Investigacion Medica-Mercedes y Martin Ferreyra, a post that he held until his untimely death at the age of 49.--Obituary by CM Brooks, Science 30 Sept 1955. EDUARDO BRAUN-MENENDEZ (1903 - 1959) was a noted Argentine physiologist. He studied at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, choosing cardiovascular medicine and physiology as his specialties. His doctoral thesis dealt with the relationship between the pituitary gland and diencephalon to blood pressure, and was developed at the Institute of Physiology under the supervision of Noble laureate Dr. Bernardo Houssay, in 1934. After receiving his doctoral degree, he went to England to study at the University College London, where he investigated the metabolism of the heart. On his return from England, he joined the prestigious team at the Institute of Physiology, with Luis Federico Leloir, Juan Fasciolo, Juan Munmedoz, and Alberto Taquini to work for a few years on the mechanism of nephrogenic hypertension. He made the most important discovery in his career during this research, that of angiotensin, in 1939.

Product Info

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year: 1930

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

Seller Info

BiomedRareBooksLLCABAAILABIOBA

Address: P.O. Box 193 North Garden, Virginia

Website: https://www.biomedrarebooks.com

Country: United States