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Homer William Smith

Homer William Smith

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Formal full-length portrait of Homer William Smith, MD (1895-1962), as a young child. Dr. Smith was Professor of Physiology and Director of the Physiological Laboratories at New York University School of Medicine from 1928 to 1961. His scholarship on renal physiology transformed the field, and in 1951 he published The Kidney: Structure and Function in Health and Disease.

Homer William Smith

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Portrait of Homer William Smith, MD (1895-1962). Dr. Smith was Professor of Physiology and Director of the Physiological Laboratories at New York University School of Medicine from 1928 to 1961. His scholarship on renal physiology transformed the field, and in 1951 he published The Kidney: Structure and Function in Health and Disease.