Louis Virgil Hamman

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Louis Virgil Hamman (1920)

Louis Virgil Hamman (born December 21, 1877 , † April 28, 1946 ) was an American internist and, alongside Arnold Rice Rich, one of the namesake of the Hamman-Rich syndrome (today's name Acute Interstitial Pneumonia ). In addition, the Hamman's sign , which occurs during spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, was named after him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hamman's sign . whonamedit.com
  2. ↑ Hamann L (1939): Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema . In: Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp , 64, pp. 1-21.
personal data
SURNAME Hamman, Louis Virgil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Internist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1877
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1946