title: Philip S. Hench, M.D., Sc.D. (1896-1965): a glimpse at the early clinical years.
abstract: Philip S. Hench, M.D., Sc.D., was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1950 for his research on hormones of the adrenal cortex. The high quality of his early clinical work can be seen in letters he wrote to a family practitioner in the 1920s concerning patients who had been referred to Mayo Clinic. His letters also included detailed advice for the optimal management at that time of arthritic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Haddy
authors.forename: Theresa B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Haddy
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000266:history*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000266:history*; D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000266:history*