George Richards Minot

Minot, George Richards 

Born Dec. 2, 1885, in Boston; died Feb. 25, 1950, in Brooklyn. American specialist in pathophysiology and therapeutic hematology.

In 1912, Minot graduated from the medical school of Harvard University and became a professor at the university in 1928. His principal works were devoted to the pathophysiology and clinical treatment of anemic states. He developed a method called the liver treatment of malignant anemia, which stimulated research on the mechanism of development of this disease and led to the discovery of the “antipernicious” vitamin B₁₂. For his development of the therapeutic use of liver, Minot (together with W. Murphy and G. H. Whipple) was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1934.

WORKS

“Treatment of Pernicious Anemia by a Special Diet.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 1926, vol. 87, no. 7, pp. 470-76. (With W. P. Murphy.)
“Treatment of Pernicious Anemia With Liver Extract …” American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1928, vol. 175, no. 5, pp. 599-622.

REFERENCE

Kruif, P. de. Bor’ba so smert’iu. [Leningrad] 1936. (Translated from English.)