Richard Charles DeBodo

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Photograph of Richard Charles DeBodo, 1896-1965, Professor of Pharmacology. Endocrinologist and Physiologist. <p>Dr. DeBodo was born and educated in Hungary. His thirty-six years of association with New York University began in 1929. Known for his studies of the pharmacology of morphine, cardiac drugs, hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and more recently on the effects of insulin and growth hormone on carbohydrate and fat metabolism.<p> This photograph is mounted on hard board (1 copy slide, 1 copy print mounted on foam core). Office of Public Information.

Frederick S. Dennis

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Head and shoulders Carte de Visite, of Frederick S. Dennis, M.D., 1850-1934. <p>Dr. Dennis introduced Lister's antiseptic methods in operative surgery in the United States. Dr. Dennis' friendship with Andrew Carnegie is said to have influenced the gift of the Carnegie Laboratory to the College of Medicine, which was built in 1884. This was the first laboratory in the country established for teaching and investigation in bacteriology and pathology. Dr. Dennis was made one of its directors. <p> (Several similar prints: 1 copy carte de visite, 1 copy 5x8 mounted on foam core, 1 copy B&W 5x7, 1 similar 8x11 of poor quality).