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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.

NYU School of Medicine - Parents Association Buffet Supper

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Portrait taken at the annual New York University School of Medicine Parents Association Buffet Supper, 1956. Participants from left to right: Marcus Kogel, Dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; George E. Armstrong, Director of the Medical Center; William N. Hubbard, Class of 1944, Associate Dean; Homer William Smith, MD, Director of the Physiological Laboratories; Harry Wexler, Class of 1922, Chairman of the Parents Association; Sidney Rubenfeld, Class of 1930.