Edgar Van Nuys Allen
Edgar Van Nuys Allen (born June 22, 1900 in Cozad , Dawson County , Nebraska , † June 14, 1961 in Rochester , Minnesota ) was an American doctor. According to him, the Allen test , with which the patency of hand arteries is checked, the Allen-Hines syndrome (with the American doctor Edgar Alphonso Hines Jr. , 1905–1978), an accumulation of fat and fluid in the legs and Buttocks named.
Allen was a specialist in the cardiovascular system professor at the Mayo Clinic . In 1960 he was a co-recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research for studies on dicumarol . He was also the editor of one of the first comprehensive textbooks on vascular diseases.
literature
- David G. Cable, Charles J. Mullany, Hartzell V. Schaff: The Allen Test . In: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery . tape 67 , no. 3 , 1999, ISSN 0003-4975 , p. 876-877 , doi : 10.1016 / S0003-4975 (99) 00095-8 , PMID 10215262 ( PDF ).
Web links
- Ole Daniel Enersen: Edgar Van Nuys Allen. Whonamedit ?, accessed March 6, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, Edgar Van Nuys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cozad , Nebraska |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1961 |
| Place of death | Rochester , Minnesota |