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RefNoLC/1941/17
LevelItem
TitleMacLean, Hugh
Date21 December 1937
DescriptionCertificate of Candidate for Election to the Fellowship
Suspended 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941
Lapsed 1941
Date stamp on reverse
CitationMacLean, Hugh (London). M.D., D.Sc., Physiologist and Physician. Distinguished for work on phospholopins; regulation of gastric acidity; trench nephritis and kidney - function generally. Was first to obtain pure lecithin and show that lipins hitherto described were mixtures of lecithin and cephalin with a nitrogenous impurity. Showed secretion of NaC1 by stomach occurred parallel to pepsin but that HC1 was regulated by acidity of gastric contents. Introduced alkali-treatment of gastric ulcer in Britain; this now employed and much surgical intervention avoided. In course of investigation into trench - nephritis, devised new test for renal efficiency which has advanced prognosis and treatment of nephritic diseases. List of 23 scientific papers and 4 books appended.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge: Proposer - Charles J Martin; Seconder - F Gowland Hopkins; J A MacWilliam; Joseph A ARkwright; Arthur Harden; J C G Ledingham; Robert Robison; J B Leathes; H S Raper; J B Orr; E P Cathcart
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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