James A. Shannon
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Nephrologist & physician; director of National Institutes of Health 1955-1968
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#1956
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Augustine Shannon was an American nephrologist who served as director of National Institutes of Health from August 1, 1955 to August 31, 1968. In 1962 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, of which he was a member. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965 and the American Philosophical Society in 1967. A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
James A. Shannon's Published Works
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- THE EXCRETION OF INULIN, XYLOSE AND UREA BY NORMAL AND PHLORIZINIZED MAN. (1935) (243)
- THE RENAL EXCRETION OF CREATININE IN MAN. (1935) (172)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. VI. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DISPOSITION, ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY, AND TOXICITY OF SEVERAL DERIVATIVES OF 4-AMINOQUINOLINE. (1948) (166)
- THE RENAL TUBULAR REABSORPTION OF GLUCOSE IN THE NORMAL DOG (1938) (152)
- THE CONTROL OF THE RENAL EXCRETION OF WATER (1942) (128)
- GLOMERULAR FILTRATION AND UREA EXCRETION IN RELATION TO URINE FLOW IN THE DOG (1936) (119)
- The Pharmacological Basis for the Rational Use of Atabrine in the Treatment of Malaria. (1944) (98)
- THE EXCRETION OF URINE IN THE DOG: IV. The Effect of Maintenance Diet, Feeding, etc., Upon the Quantity of Glomerular Filtrate (1932) (96)
- RENAL TUBULAR EXCRETION (1939) (87)
- THE MEASUREMENT OF GLUCOSE Tm IN THE NORMAL DOG (1941) (83)
- THE CONTROL OF THE RENAL EXCRETION OF WATER (1942) (70)
- GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. A SURVEY OF THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE KIDNEY IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DIFFUSE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. (1944) (67)
- THE EXCRETION OF URINE IN THE DOG (1932) (64)
- UREA EXCRETION IN THE NORMAL DOG DURING FORCED DIURESIS (1938) (62)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. III. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DISPOSITION AND ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF THE CINCHONA ALKALOIDS. (1948) (55)
- THE EXCRETION OF INULIN BY THE DOG (1935) (55)
- THE EXCRETION OF PHENOL RED BY THE DOG (1935) (54)
- The excretion of uric acid by the chicken (1938) (46)
- THE EXCRETION OF URINE IN THE DOG: VI. The Filtration and Secretion of Exogenous Creatinine (1932) (42)
- THE TUBULAR REABSORPTION OF XYLOSE IN THE NORMAL DOG (1938) (36)
- The excretion of inulin by the dogfish, squalus acanthias (1934) (35)
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DISPOSITION OF A SERIES OF SUBSTANCES ALLIED TO SULFANILAMIDE (1943) (35)
- THE EXCRETION OF INULIN AND CREATININE AT LOW URINE FLOWS BY THE NORMAL DOG (1935) (34)
- THE INFLUENCE OF ORALLY ADMINISTERED ALKALI AND ACID ON THE RENAL EXCRETION OF QUINACRINE, CHLOROQUINE AND SANTOQUINE. (1947) (33)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. VIII. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DISPOSITION OF PAMAQUINE. (1948) (32)
- The excretion of exogenous creatinine by the chicken (1938) (31)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. VII. THE ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF PAMAQUINE. (1948) (29)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. I. METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ASSAY OF SUPPRESSIVE ANTIMALARIAL ACTION IN VIVAX MALARIA. (1948) (28)
- The study of antimalarials and antimalarial activity in the human malarias. (1945) (26)
- The renal excretion of inulin and creatinine by the anaesthetized dog and the pump‐lung‐kidney preparation (1940) (24)
- The renal excretion of phenol red by the aglomerular fishes, Opsanus tau and Lophius piscatorius (1938) (21)
- ON THE RENAL TUBULAR EXCRETION OF CREATININE IN NORMAL MAN. (1941) (19)
- The advancement of medical research: a twenty-year view of the role of the National Institutes of Health. (1967) (19)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. V. THE ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF QUINACRINE. (1948) (18)
- Interim report, Public Health Service Technical Committee on Poliomyelitis Vaccine. (1955) (17)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. II. METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ASSAY OF SUPPRESSIVE ANTIMALARIAL ACTION IN FALCIPARUM MALARIA. (1948) (15)
- Absorption and excretion of water and salts by the elasmobranch fishes. IV. The secretion of exogenous creatining by the dogfish, Squalus acanthias† (1934) (13)
- On the mechanism of the renal tubular excretion of creatinine in the dogfish, squalus acanthias† (1940) (12)
- Excretion of Inulin, Creatinine, Xylose and Urea in the Sheep (1937) (11)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. X. THE SUPPRESSIVE ANTIMALARIAL EFFECT OF PALUDRINE. (1948) (10)
- Public health implications in a program of vaccination against poliomyelitis. (1955) (10)
- Renal Excretion of Exogenous Creatinine in the Aglomerular Toadfish, Opsanus tau (1938) (10)
- THE EXCRETION OF URINE IN THE DOG: V. The Effects of Xylose and Sucrose Upon the Glomerular and Urea Clearances (1932) (9)
- Federal support of biomedical sciences: development and academic impact. (1976) (9)
- The National Institutes of Health: some critical years, 1955-1957. (1987) (8)
- STUDIES ON THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF THE HUMAN MALARIAS. IV. THE METABOLISM OF CINCHONINE IN RELATION TO ITS ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY. (1948) (8)
- Medical research in perspective. (1956) (6)
- Science and Social Purpose (1969) (6)
- On the Use of Sulfanilamide in Measurement of Body Water in the Dog.∗ (1942) (5)
- Federal Support of Research Careers: Government joins universities to increase the number of career appointments in research. (1961) (4)
- Medicine, public policy and the private sector. (1969) (4)
- Chemotherapy of Malaria (1946) (3)
- Medical research: some aspects that warrant public understanding. (1971) (3)
- The Development of the Federal Role in the Support of Medical Research. (1961) (3)
- Neglected avenue to knowledge. (1961) (2)
- Maintenance of the synergistic relationship of education and research in medicine. (1959) (2)
- Recent Advances in the Treatment of Malaria. (1945) (2)
- Medical research. (1971) (2)
- Chemotherapy in Malaria. (1946) (2)
- Federal and academic relationships: the biomedical sciences 1974. (1974) (2)
- MEDICAL CARE: ITS SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS. THE PLACE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN AMERICAN MEDICINE. (1963) (2)
- Poliomyelitis vaccine; some considerations relating to its safety. (1956) (1)
- The National Institutes of Health; programmes and problems (1961) (1)
- METHEMALBUMIN. I. APPEARANCE DURING ADMINISTRATION OF PAMAQUINE AND QUININE. (1948) (1)
- Studies on the chemotherapy of the human malarias; the physiological disposition of pamaquine. (1948) (1)
- Phenol Red Clearances in the Dog (1935) (1)
- Studies on the chemotherapy of the human malarias; method for the quantitative assay of suppressive antimalarial action in vivax malaria. (1948) (1)
- Excretion of Urea and Creatinine in the Dog in Relation to Rate of Urine Formation (1935) (1)
- Interview with James Shannon (1995) (0)
- Memorandum from James A. Shannon to United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1964) (0)
- Drug Information Issue (1965) (0)
- Letter from James A. Shannon to L. Hollingsworth Smith, Jr (1971) (0)
- SCIENCE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS: THE CONTINUING DIALOGUE. ACADEMIC VALUES CAN BE EXTENDED IN THE CONTEXT OF MAJOR SUPPORT DERIVED FROM PUBLIC SOURCES. (1964) (0)
- NIAID -- Council Correspondence, 1965-69 -- NIAID United States Public Health Service -- letter, 1965-06-22 (1965) (0)
- Some comments on the occasion of the 1967 Passano Award to Dr. Irvine Page. (1967) (0)
- Trends in medical research. (1956) (0)
- RENAL EXCRETION OF CREATININE 40 80 120 PLASMA CREATININE (0)
- Experimental Medicine (1963) (0)
- Congressional Appopriations -- 1965-66 -- United States Public Health Service -- NIH -- letter, 1965-08-12 (1965) (0)
- Implications of the reports for future progress in mental retardation. (1958) (0)
- The relationship of laboratory research to clinical investigation. (1959) (0)
- The university medical center and medical education. (1968) (0)
- Progress in antimalaria therapy. (1946) (0)
- [Research upon antimalarial drugs in the United States from 1941 to 1946]. (1947) (0)
- Federal support of research careers. (1961) (0)
- Enterovirus Committee Meeting, National Institutes of Health -- 1960 -- Professional and Personal Engagements, Conferences/Committees -- letter, 1960-11-21 (1960) (0)
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (1971) (0)
- THE CHALLENGE TO THE PHYSICIANS--A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE. (1963) (0)
- The Rockefeller University: Some Comments and Proposals (1970) (0)
- Monkey Records -- 1955 -- Animals, NFIP -- letter, 1955-08-05 (1955) (0)
- Letter from James A. Shannon to Mary Lasker (1964) (0)
- Letter from James A. Shannon to John E. Fogarty (1958) (0)
- Memorandum from James A. Shannon to United States. Public Health Service (1964) (0)
- Recent advances in treatment of malaria. (1948) (0)
- The Challenge to the New Administration (1969) (0)
- Progress in AntimaIaria Therapy (1946) (0)
- Improved Control Over Disease (1957) (0)
- Science and Federal Programs:The Continuing Dialogue (1964) (0)
- Studies on the chemotherapy of the human malarias the metabolism of cinchonine in relation to its antimalarial activity. (1948) (0)
- NONALLELIC BEHAVIOR OF THE OZ GROUPS IN HUMAN LAMBDA IMMUNOGLOBULIN CHAINS (0)
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