Philip Showalter Hench

Premios

1. 1949

   Premio Lasker — Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Biología

   For studies of adrenal hormones, culminating in the first use of cortisone in severe rheumatoid arthritis and other severe inflammatory disorders.

2. 1950

   Premio Nobel — Medicina

   Biología

   for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects