DAMESHEK, William (1900 – 1969)
1900 – 1969
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1938 CE
#3787.1
Hemolysins as the cause of clinical and experimental hemolytic anemias.
Acquired hemolytic anemia was the first condition to be recognized as an auto-immune disease.
1946 CE
#10133
Nitrogen mustard therapy. Use of methyl-bis(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride and tris(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride for Hodgkin's disease, lymphosarcoma, leukemia and certain allied and miscellaneous disorders.
Widely considered the first uses of chemotherapy for the treatment of malignant diseases.
