Philip Showalter Hench

Author: Leandro Alegsa Creation date: November 14, 2022

Philip Showalter Hench (February 28, 1896 – March 30, 1965) was an American physician. Hench won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950. He won the award along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein . They won it for finding the hormone cortisone and its use for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis."

Hench went to university at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was trained as a physician at the United States Army Medical Corps and the University of Pittsburgh. Hench began working at Mayo Clinic in 1923. He later became the head of the Department of Rheumatology.

Questions and Answers

A: Philip Showalter Hench was an American physician.

A: Hench won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950.

A: Hench shared the Nobel Prize with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein.

A: Hench won the Nobel Prize for finding the hormone cortisone and its use for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

A: Hench went to university at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

A: Hench was trained as a physician at the United States Army Medical Corps and the University of Pittsburgh.

A: Hench was the head of the Department of Rheumatology at Mayo Clinic.