1938 DAMESHEK, William (1900 – 1969); SCHWARTS, Steven Otto (1911 – )

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.

GMN 3787.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4694

1946 GOODMAN, Louis Sanford (1906 – 2000); GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984); WINTROBE, Maxwell Myer (1901 – 1986); DAMESHEK, William (1900 – 1969)

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.

GMN 10133 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12322