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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889 – 1982)

PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889 – 1982)

1889 – 1982

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1912 CE

#956

Chemical nature of specific oxygen capacity in haemoglobin.

PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889 – 1982)
PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889 – 1982)

Peters made accurate determinations of the ratio of iron to oxygen in the blood.

1945 CE

#1929

British anti-lewisite (BAL).

PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889 – 1982)
PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889 – 1982) & et al.

British Anti-Lewisite BAL (dimercaprol), a medication used to treat acute poisoning by arsenic, mercury, gold, and lead, was discovered during the 1939-45 war. With L. A. Stocken and R. H. S. Thompson.