Armand James Quick (1894 – January 26, 1978) was an American
haematologist and expert on
blood clotting, having developed the original
prothrombin time test.
Early life and education
Quick was born in
Theresa, Wisconsin
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History
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in 1894, the son of a hardware merchant and housewife. At the age of five, Quick developed
Pott disease: his father soon died of
tuberculosis and his mother opened a dressmaking shop in the home while she taught her son.
Quick graduated from the
University of Wisconsin in 1918, receiving a
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from the
University of Illinois in 1922 and an
M.D. from
Cornell University in 1928.
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Medical career
Quick began researching at Cornell and Fifth Avenue Hospital
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in New York City. While at the hospital, he developed the prothrombin time test (also known as the Quick test), which is used in the regulation of blood-thinning drugs. He also developed the prothrombin consumption time test, which became useful in diagnosing haemophilia.[
He later moved to Milwaukee and joined the faculty of Marquette University (now the Medical College of Wisconsin),][ where he served as associate professor of ]pharmacology
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from 1935. He was chair of the Department of Biochemistry from 1944 until 1964.Wisconsin State Medical Society
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awarded him the Council Award for his "attainments in the science and art of medicine and surgery". He received the Modern Medicine Award
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in 1954.[
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Personal life
Quick was married to Margaret Koll, and they had a daughter named Edith. He died on January 26, 1978, at the age of 83.[
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Legacy
The Medical College of Wisconsin named an award after Quick, which is "given to honor the senior students who, in the opinion of the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry, have demonstrated outstanding scholarship in Biochemistry and research with a dedication to future medical research".[
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described Quick as "distinguished" in a review of his 1957 book ''Haemorrhagic Diseases''. In a review of his 1970 book ''Bleeding Problems in Clinical Medicine'', M. C. G. Israels wrote that "no one has done more to develop the scientific analysis of clinical problems involving excessive bleeding than Professor Quick".
Selected works
Books
References
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1894 births
1978 deaths
American hematologists
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Cornell University alumni
Medical College of Wisconsin faculty