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Sir James Black

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Sir James Black 1924-, Scottish pharmacologist, M.D. Univ. of St. Andrews, 1946. A professor at Kings College Medical School, he shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion for his contributions to the area of drug treatment. He discovered important drugs that treat angina, gastric ulcers, hypertension, migraines, and other health problems. Author not available, BLACK, SIR JAMES. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Sir James (Whyte) Black
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Sir James Douglas
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