Rustom Jal Vakil

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Rustom Jal Vakil (born July 17, 1911 in Bombay , † November 20, 1974 ) was an Indian medic.

The son of a doctor, Vakil went to school in Bombay and studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London, graduating in 1934. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1936 and received his PhD in 1937 (MD). In 1938 he went back to Bombay and worked there as a consultant in various hospitals and as a resident doctor specializing in cardiology .

In addition, he dealt with the active ingredients of the root of the Indian snake root (Rauwolfia serpentina) and discovered their effect against high blood pressure (caused by the reserpine in the roots), published in 1949 in the British Heart Journal. In it he reported from his more than ten years of experience using Rauwolfia against high blood pressure and were clinical tests. His results received a lot of international attention and were rated as India's first great success in medicine and Vakil became the most famous doctor in India. It also opened the way for the discovery of other drugs for high blood pressure.

He wrote several medical textbooks (a book on diagnosis, a general medicine textbook, and a book on the heart).

In 1957 he received the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award , in 1969 the BC Roy Award and in 1958 the Padma Bhushan .

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  1. ↑ Isolated in 1952 by Müller, Schlittler and Bein in the laboratories of CIBA
  2. ↑ Vakil, RJ: Antihypertensive effects of Rauwolfia . British Health Journal, Volume 11, 1949, pp. 350-355.
personal data
SURNAME Vakil, Rustom Jal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian medic
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Bombay
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1974