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Daniel C. Darrow
Daniel Cody Darrow (1895 – June 20, 1965) was an American pediatrician and clinical chemistry, clinical biochemist whose research focused on fluid and electrolyte balance in the human body. He pioneered the routine use of Potassium chloride (medical use), intravenous potassium in patients after surgery, and in children with diarrhea. Life and career Darrow was born in 1895 in Fargo, North Dakota; his father was a general surgeon and his mother was a suffragist. After transferring from the North Dakota State Agricultural College, he graduated from Cornell University in 1916 and received an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1920. As a medical student, he developed tuberculosis and spent time at a sanitorium in Saranac Lake, New York. After graduating, he became an assistant and then an instructor in the Johns Hopkins Medical School pathology department, where he met his wife, Louise de Schweinitz, who was a medical student at the time. Darrow became a pediatric intern at Yal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pediatrician
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the age of 18. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people seek pediatric care through the age of 21, but some pediatric subspecialists continue to care for adults up to 25. Worldwide age limits of pediatrics have been trending upward year after year. A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. The word ''pediatrics'' and its cognates mean "healer of children," derived from the two Greek words: (''pais'' "child") and (''iatros'' "doctor, healer"). Pediatricians work in clinics, research centers, universities, general hospitals and children's hospitals, including those who practice pediatric subspecialties (e.g. neonatology requires resources available in a NICU). History The earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
