Jan G�osta Waldenstr�om and His World : The Life and Work of a Giant in Science, Medicine and Humanity
Wollheim, Frank.
Jan G�osta Waldenstr�om and His World : The Life and Work of a Giant in Science, Medicine and Humanity by Frank Wollheim - 1st ed. 2023 - 1 recurso en li��nea - Springer Biographies 2365-0621 .
A remarkable family -- Childhood and student years -- Letters to a special friend -- The red urine story -- Assistant professor in Uppsala -- A trip to USA in 1944-5 -- The seminal discovery of two new diseases -- Turbulent final years in Uppsala -- The "great" medical faculty -- Allmanna sjukhuset (Malmo General Hospital) -- Professor and chairman in Malmo -- Autoimmune hepatitis -- The charismatic leader -- The carcinoid syndrome -- Start of a golden Age -- Hypergammaglobulinemia. The Jewel in the Crown -- Porphyria -- Inga Marie Nilsson - Queen of hemophilia -- Carl-Bertil Laurell -- The Division of cardiology -- Endocrinology -- Hematology in Sweden and in the world -- The light comes from the east -- Visits and visitors -- Nobel symposium III -- Emeritus professor -- New activities in Stockholm -- Jan Waldenstrom, globetrotter- Macroglobulinemia - an update -- Happy emeritus years -- The final years and the legacy.
Jan Waldenstrom (1906-1996) was the leading Swedish internist of the twentieth century. The first chapter of the book presents his remarkable family including five generations of physicians. Born in Stockholm, we follow JW to medical school at Uppsala University during 1924-33. In 1934-5, he spent a year in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Hans Fischer in Munich. In 1937, he defended a landmark thesis on acute intermittent porphyria. As "Docent" (assistant professor) in Uppsala, he discovered two new diseases in 1943. In 1944-5, he spent 7 months in the US commissioned by the Swedish Health Board. This started friendships with leading colleagues and scientists. With time, JW fostered a worldwide network of contacts and became a most influential international star. But this was just the beginning. The book follows Waldenstrom's remarkable career including his description of chronic active hepatitis as a new disease, his introduction of nuclear medicine in Sweden, his pioneering of the concept of the concept of poly- and monoclonal gammopathies, and many more highly significant achievements. His legacy is emphasized by Waldenstrom lectures, Waldenstrom Prizes, and by the International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, IWMF, and the Bing Center for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia at the Dana Farber Institute of Cancer Institute of the Harvard University in Boston. And now, not least, by this comprehensive biography.
9783031367397
10.1007/978-3-031-36739-7 doi
R131-684 / 2023 EB
Jan G�osta Waldenstr�om and His World : The Life and Work of a Giant in Science, Medicine and Humanity by Frank Wollheim - 1st ed. 2023 - 1 recurso en li��nea - Springer Biographies 2365-0621 .
A remarkable family -- Childhood and student years -- Letters to a special friend -- The red urine story -- Assistant professor in Uppsala -- A trip to USA in 1944-5 -- The seminal discovery of two new diseases -- Turbulent final years in Uppsala -- The "great" medical faculty -- Allmanna sjukhuset (Malmo General Hospital) -- Professor and chairman in Malmo -- Autoimmune hepatitis -- The charismatic leader -- The carcinoid syndrome -- Start of a golden Age -- Hypergammaglobulinemia. The Jewel in the Crown -- Porphyria -- Inga Marie Nilsson - Queen of hemophilia -- Carl-Bertil Laurell -- The Division of cardiology -- Endocrinology -- Hematology in Sweden and in the world -- The light comes from the east -- Visits and visitors -- Nobel symposium III -- Emeritus professor -- New activities in Stockholm -- Jan Waldenstrom, globetrotter- Macroglobulinemia - an update -- Happy emeritus years -- The final years and the legacy.
Jan Waldenstrom (1906-1996) was the leading Swedish internist of the twentieth century. The first chapter of the book presents his remarkable family including five generations of physicians. Born in Stockholm, we follow JW to medical school at Uppsala University during 1924-33. In 1934-5, he spent a year in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Hans Fischer in Munich. In 1937, he defended a landmark thesis on acute intermittent porphyria. As "Docent" (assistant professor) in Uppsala, he discovered two new diseases in 1943. In 1944-5, he spent 7 months in the US commissioned by the Swedish Health Board. This started friendships with leading colleagues and scientists. With time, JW fostered a worldwide network of contacts and became a most influential international star. But this was just the beginning. The book follows Waldenstrom's remarkable career including his description of chronic active hepatitis as a new disease, his introduction of nuclear medicine in Sweden, his pioneering of the concept of the concept of poly- and monoclonal gammopathies, and many more highly significant achievements. His legacy is emphasized by Waldenstrom lectures, Waldenstrom Prizes, and by the International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, IWMF, and the Bing Center for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia at the Dana Farber Institute of Cancer Institute of the Harvard University in Boston. And now, not least, by this comprehensive biography.
9783031367397
10.1007/978-3-031-36739-7 doi
R131-684 / 2023 EB