Affiliation:
1. Research Institute of Human Morphology
2. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Abstract
The article focuses on the milestones of George Hoyt Whipple, who was a Nobel Prize Winner, pathologist, one of the major researchers of anemia, pigment metabolism, liver and pancreatic lesions, tuberculosis, parasitic diseases. He contributed significantly to biology and medicine. The authors briefly outline a biography of a well-known scientist, his significant contribution to the development of various branches of science, his landmark studies related to the role of the liver in the treatment of pernicious anemia. Modern aspects of the etio-pathogenesis of Whipple's disease are discussed.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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