CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson (1866 – 1926)
1866 – 1926
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1906 CE
#2822
Paroxysmal irregularity of the heart and auricular fibrillation.
First recognition of auricular fibrillation in man. Cushny and Edmunds had a case under their care in 1901. Hering described the condition in man in Prag. med. Wschr.,1903, 28, 377. The Cushing & Edmunds paper was als…
1917 CE
#1237
The secretion of the urine.
Cushny’s theory of urinary secretion was similar to that of Ludwig, with some modifications. Subsequent work of Richards and his co-workers confirmed his theory.
1925 CE
#1912
The action and uses in medicine of digitalis and its allies.
1926 CE
#1912.1
Biological relations of optically isomeric substances.
Cushny made important contributions concerning the pharmacological action of optical isomers over a period of nearly twenty years. He summarized this work and that of others in his Charles E. Dohme Lectures, 1925.