Dickinson W. Richards

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Dickinson W. Richards
Presbyterian Hospital

Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. (October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American

physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization
and the characterisation of a number of
cardiac diseases
.

Early life

Richards was born in Orange, New Jersey. He was educated at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, and entered Yale University in 1913. At Yale he studied English and Greek, graduating in 1917 as a member of the senior society Scroll and Key.

Career

He joined the United States Army in 1917, and became an artillery instructor. He served from 1918 to 1919 as an artillery officer in France.

When he returned to the

Presbyterian Hospital in New York until 1927, when he went to England to work at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, under Sir Henry Dale, on the control of circulation in the liver
.

In 1928, Richards returned to the Presbyterian Hospital and began his research on

pulmonary
function. Initially their research focussed on methods to study pulmonary function in patients with pulmonary disease.

Their next area of research was the development of a technique for catheterization of the heart. Using this technique they were able to study and characterise traumatic

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 1956.[citation needed
]

In 1945 Richards moved his lab to

Merck Manual
. Richards retired from his positions at Bellevue and Columbia in 1961.

Global policy

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a

Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[3]

Honor

Richards received many other honors, including the

Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians
in 1970.

He died in Lakeville, Connecticut and his wife Constance en 1990.

References

  1. ^ "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  2. ^ "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. ^ "Preparing earth constitution | Global Strategies & Solutions | The Encyclopedia of World Problems". The Encyclopedia of World Problems | Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 2023-07-15.
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