George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist

George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist.

This paper describes the Higoumenakis sign, enlargement of the sternal end of the clavicle in patients with late congenital syphilis and the dermatologist after whom it is named. Several professors and doctors from the Medical School of the University of Athens opposed his actions especially at the University in Greece. His persistence led him to productive scientific activity in syphilis, leis...

Earle Wilcox Crampton, 1895-1983: a brief biography.

J. Anim. Sci. 1997. 75:297–299 1Dr. Eugene Donefer had the privilege of being both graduate student and collaborator of Dr. Crampton over a 16-year period. Dr. Donefer took retirement from McGill University in 1994 after 37 years on staff. This biographical sketch was prepared with the assistance of Leroy E. Phillip and Sherman P. Touchburn of the Department of Animal Science. Received October ...

Portraits from memory. 5--Professor George M Wishart (1895-1958).

biochemistry. In 1947 he faced the reality that new young biochemists would be required to bring into the department methods and training that he could not confidently provide; and he proposed that he should make way for a suitable biochemist and himself continue to serve the university in a different role. Hetherington not only accepted and welcomed this generous and unusual offer but devised ...

A priceless dermatologist

Dermatologist Naomi Marilyn Kanof was born in New York in 1912, the same year the journal Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia was created. The daughter of Russian immigrants, she studied dermatology in the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York University Hospital. In 1938, she opened a private clinic in Washington D.C. She was head of the Department of Dermatology at The Children's Hospital Nation...

Syphilis and the dermatologist.