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Fuller Albright
Fuller Albright
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It was a large, happy, and close-knit family in which parents and children shared much of their lives together—whether at the great house in Buffalo, the long summer vacations at the family camp in the Adirondacks, the winter holidays at Jekyll Island, or on the "Grand Tour" of Europe. It was a family characterized by a strong sense of humor— and no child growing up in it was in danger of developing a sense of self-importance.
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At the same time striking advances in medical research were being reported. Professor lames Howard Means returned from a medical meeting to announce the dramatic discovery of insulin.
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His name is associated with the initial clinical description of hyperparathyroidism and the distinction between over-activity of all parathyroid tissue and the effect of adenoma of a single parathyroid gland. He called attention to the association of hyperparathyroidism with kidney stones; and, in fact, on the basis of an extensive study carried out in his Stone Clinic, he laid the basis for the modern diagnosis and treatment of this condition.
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A total of 118 scientific papers bear his name, and his book The Parathyroid Glands and Metabolic Bone Disease, published in 1948, is still a prime source of information on the subject.
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One of Dr. Albright's best remembered characteristics was the twinkle in his eye, which was a manifestation of his unconquerable joie de vivre and a slightly amused outlook on the human condition.
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Thus, he established and presided over the Ovarian Dysfunction Clinic, the Stone Clinic, and his Saturday morning clinic. When asked what he saw at the unnamed Saturday clinic, he was wont to respond with a twinkle in his eye, "These are the patients I refer only to myself." In fact, it was from the often rare and esoteric problems that this group of patients had that many of his clinical investigations arose.
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Charming, vivacious, and full of enthusiasm she appeared perfectly carefree as she added to her domestic duties the jobs of chauffeur, secretary, and finally nurse and shouldered all the burdens of the man of the house while appearing to depend on her husband. Although he never was made to feel dependent on his wife, Fuller could not have continued to work productively without her.
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Association of American Physicians Association for the Study of Internal Secretions (President, 19451946) National Academy of Sciences Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Omega Alpha
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FULLER ALBRIGHT American Medical Association Massachusetts Medical Society HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS 1951 1951 1953 1954 AWARDS 1947 1947 1949 1951 1955 1961 11 Royal Society of Medicine Swedish Endocrinology Society Columbia Endocrinology Society American Orthopaedic Association Roche-Organnon Award in Endocrinology American College of Physicians Award for Achievement in Internal Medicine Borden Award, Association of American Medical Colleges, for "extraordinarily original and monumental contributions to the understanding of metabolism of bone and other tissues." The Joseph Goldberger Award of the American Medical Association's Council on Foods and Nutrition Doctorate of Science, Harvard University Citation, Massachusetts General Hospital, for being one of the 15 outstanding physicians who had received early training at the hospital
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Cloney. Effect of cortical hormone in preventing extreme drop in colonic temperature displayed by hypophysectomized rats upon exposure to cold with preliminary
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Hyperparathyroidism due to diffuse hyperplasia of all parathyroid glands rather than adenoma of one.
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Syndrome characterized by osteitis fibrosa disseminate, areas of pigmentation and endocrine dysfunction, with precocious puberty in females.
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Chronic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism; report of six cases with autopsy findings in one.
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Suby. Dissolution of phospatic urinary calculi by the retrograde introduction of a citrate solution containing magnesium.
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Cushing's syndrome, its pathological physiology, its relationship to the adrenogenital syndrome, and its connection with the problem of the reaction of the body to injurious agents (alarm reaction of Selye)
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Roos. Osteomalacia and late rickets: the various etiologies met in the United States with emphasis on that resulting from a specific form of renal acidosis, the therapeutic indications for each etiological sub group, and the relationship between osteomalacia and milkman's syndrome.
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The fate of human serum albumin administered intravenously to a patient with idiopathic hypoalbuminemia and hypoglobulinemia. Trans.
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Carroll. The effects of adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisone in the adrenogenital syndrome associated with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: an attempt to explain and correct its disordered hormonal pattern.
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Hanelin. Metaphyseal dysplasia, epiphyseal dysplasia, diaphyseal dysplasia, and related conditions..
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