Chauncey D. Leake Explained
Chauncey Depew Leake (September 5, 1896 - January 11, 1978) was an American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist. Leake received a bachelor's degree with majors in biology, chemistry, and philosophy from Princeton University.[1] He received his M.S. (1920) and Ph.D. (1923) from the University of Wisconsin in pharmacology and physiology.[2]
Leake was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[3] At age 10, he was treated by the ophthalmologist Karl Koller.
Leake married the microbiologist Elisabeth Wilson in 1921, and they collaborated for many years. They had two sons and remained married until her death in 1977.[4] [5]
Leake discovered the anesthetic divinyl ether. One of his publications was a translation of the 1628 physiological work De motu cordis (On the Motion of the Heart) from Latin to English.
Leake became a fulltime university administrator from 1942, first at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and from 1962 at Ohio State University.
In 1973, Leake was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II.[6]
He was awarded the UCSF medal in 1975.[7]
A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[8]
Literature
- Robinson, Victor: Victory Over Pain: A History of Anaesthesia.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081010212901/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/ead/leake.html
- The old Egyptian medical papyri Logan Clendening lecture on the history and philosophy of medicine, University of Kansas, 1952. Full-text PDF.
Notes and References
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology . 16 . 1–16 . How I Am . Chauncey D. Leake . 1976 . 10.1146/annurev.pa.16.040176.000245. 779611 . free .
- http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6w1008qz Register of the Chauncey DePew Leake papers, 1912-1978 (Online Archives of California)
- Staff. A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930-1980, p. 257. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Leake, Chauncey Depew 50s, 52s HS, History ofScience & Medicine Born 1896 Elizabeth, NJ."
- Leake. Chauncey D.. 1976-04-01. How I Am. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 16. 1. 1–16. 10.1146/annurev.pa.16.040176.000245. 779611 . 0362-1642. free.
- News: Altman. Lawrence K.. 13 Jan 1978. Dr. Chauncey D. Leake Dies at 81; Pharmacologist and Administrator: Development of Amphetamines Popularizer of Science Gave Up Research. The New York Times.
- Web site: Humanist Manifesto II . American Humanist Association . October 9, 2012 . October 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020110719/http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_II . dead .
- Web site: UCSF Medal . Office of the Chancellor . 1 July 2020 . en.
- Web site: Chauncey D. Leake Papers 1921-1976. National Library of Medicine.
