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Tadeus Reichstein

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tadeus Reichstein , 1897-1996, Swiss organic chemist, b. Vlotslavsk, Russia (now Wloclawek, Poland), educated at the technical school in Zürich, where he also taught (1922-38) chemistry. He became (1938) head of the department of pharmacy at the Univ. of Basel, retiring in 1967. For his work on the hormones of the cortex of the adrenal glands he shared with Edward C. Kendall and Philip S. Hench the 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Reichstein was also the first (1933) to synthesize ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Author not available, REICHSTEIN, TADEU... Read more
Tadeus Reichstein
Encyclopedia of World Biography Tadeus Reichstein The Polish-Swiss organic chemist Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996) shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology ... cortex. The son of Isidor Reichstein, an engineer, Tadeus Reichstein was born in Wloclawek, Poland, on July 20, 1897 ... Read more
The 1950s: Medicine and Health: Awards
American Decades ... Prize Winners in Medicineor Physiology 1950: Philip S. Bench (United States), Edward C. Kendall (United States), and Tadeus Reichstein (Switzerland), for work on the structural and biological effects of the adrenal cortex hormones cortisone and ACTH ... Read more

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Obituary: Professor Tadeus Reichstein
The Independent - London; 8/16/1996; D. H. R. Barton; 871 words ; Tadeus Reichstein was one of the ... adrenal cortex. Reichstein isolated all of ... surprisingly, in 1950, Reichstein and Kendall, as ... the meantime, Reichstein had moved to Basel ... non-crystalline fraction, Reichstein and his colleagues ... solved the problem. Reichstein took a ... Read more
DR. TADEUS REICHSTEIN, SWISS CHEMIST WHO WON NOBEL PRIZE.(News/National/International)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/6/1996; 182 words ; ... Hilchey The New York Times Dr. Tadeus Reichstein, a Swiss chemist who shared the ... In the 1930s and 1940s, Dr. Reichstein isolated several biologically ... above the kidneys. In 1933, Dr. Reichstein developed a process for synthesizing ... Read more
Nobel-Winning Pharmacologist Tadeus Reichstein Dies at 99
The Washington Post; 8/6/1996; Richard Pearson; 1777 words ; Tadeus Reichstein, 99, a Swiss organic chemist and pharmacologist ... was not reported. A large part of Dr. Reichstein's research involved the study of the ... addition to his work with cortisone, Dr. Reichstein was known for his research in the 1930s ... Read more
Dr. Tadeus Reichstein, a cortisone developer
Chicago Sun-Times; 8/6/1996; 183 words ; BASEL, Switzerland Nobel laureate Tadeus Reichstein, who shared a prize with two ... members said Monday. He was 99. Dr. Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for ... July 20, 1897, in Poland, Dr. Reichstein became a Swiss citizen in 1914 ... Read more
Tadeus Reichstein, Nobel Prize winner
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/7/1996; 74 words ; Tadeus Reichstein, who shared the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1950 with two other physicians ... Thursday. He was 99. Working with Philip S. Hench and Edward C. Kendall, Reichstein isolated biologically active substances including cortisone and adrenocorticotropic ... Read more
Stamp vignette on medical science: Philip S. Hench--1950 Nobel Laureate
Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 11/1/2001; Shampo, Marc A; Kyle, Robert A; 727 words ; ... 1886-1972) and Polish-Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996) for their "discoveries ... Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn; Reichstein had discovered cortisone independently ... awarded to him, Kendall, and Reichstein. [Author Affiliation] Marc A ... Read more
Luis Walter Alvarez: Another "Mayo-Trained" Nobel Laureate
Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 2/1/2006; Steensma, David P; 2021 words ; ... fortune-favored Mayo investigators who shared the 1950 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine with Polish chemist Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996) for adrenal corticosteroid research.1 Mayo Clinic is justifiably proud of Hench and Kendall. The institution ... Read more
Historical profiles of Mayo Clinic: The 1950 Novel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 12/1/2000; Lantz, Jane C; 690 words ; ... and complemented that of Dr Kendall and Dr Hench, Tadeus Reichstein, PhD (1897-1996), of Basel, Switzerland, shared the ... largescale production of some of the substances. Dr Reichstein's work included the first isolation of 4 of the 6 ... Read more
RETRO; Mayo's Nobel winners.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/26/2003; Parker, Dick; 194 words ; ... problems, allergies and Addison's disease. Dr. Philip Hench and biochemist Edward Kendall shared the prize with Tadeus Reichstein, a Swiss physician. In 1948 Hench and Kendall tested cortisone - which cost $1,000 per gram - on some Mayo Clinic ... Read more
Witness to a miracle: The intitial cortisone trial: An interview with Richard Freyberg, MD
Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 5/1/2001; Warner, Mary Ellen; 2688 words ; ... medicine to Dr Hench and Dr Edward C. Kendall. Dr Tadeus Reichstein of Switzerland shared in this award. Richard H. Freyberg ... were given to produce these effects. That same year, Tadeus Reichstein, PhD, of Switzerland and other biochemists who were ... Read more

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