Description
Reference code
FC185
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Collection
Title
Morris Alex Papers
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Extent
3.00 Linear Feet
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Biographical history
Between 1949-1954, Morris Alex's research with Albert L. Lansing and T. B. Rosenthal at Washington University School of Medicine on arteriosclerosis documented that the rate of calcification in blood vessels was related to the concentration of elastase produced by the pancreas. This research led other researchers in the 1950s to discoveries on how cigarette smoke affects the lung's connective tissue.
After his death, Morris Alex's family established the Morris Alex, MD Prize Endowment at Washington University School of Medicine. The honorarium from the fund is awarded to the second-year student showing the "best bedside manner" in the Introduction to Clinical Medicine class. Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch obituary, November 26, 2011.
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The collection is open and accessible for research.
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Users of the collection should read and abide by the Rights and Permissions guidelines at the Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives.
Users of the collection who wish to cite items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication must request, sign, and return a Statement of Use form to the Archives.
For detailed information regarding use of this collection, contact the Archives and Rare Book Department of the Becker Library (arb@wusm.wustl.edu).
Preferred Citation:
Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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