Hektoen International

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Tag: Dickinson W. Richards

  • Cournand and Richards: pioneers in cardiopulmonary physiology

    Philip R. Liebson Chicago, Illinois, United States   Andre Cournand (1895—1988) Dickinson W. Richards, Jr. (1895—1973) During World War I among the allied forces were an artillery lieutenant just out of college and a medical student who acted as an auxiliary battle surgeon because of the high mortality among battalion surgeons. They were, respectively, Dickinson…

  • Harold James Charles (Jeremy) Swan: the man behind the “sailing catheter”

    Jimmy Pham Michigan, United States   Harold James Charles “Jeremy” Swan (1922-2005) “Pressures in the right side of the heart and pulmonary capillary wedge can be obtained by cardiac catheterization without the aid of fluoroscopy . . . The frequency of premature beats was minimal, and no other arrhythmias occurred.” – N Engl J Med,…