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Reid Hunt
Reid Hunt was born in Martinsville, Clinton County. He became a pharmacologist who studied how the chemical acetylcholine acts in the body and later chaired pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.
At a glance
- Born
- 1870-04-20
- Died
- 1948-03-07
- Known as
- Scientist, Physician, Educator
- Organizations
- Harvard Medical School, U.S. Public Health Service
Life story
Reid Hunt was born in 1870 in Martinsville, Ohio. From 1896 to 1898 he was a tutor in physiology at the Columbia University medical school.
From 1904 to 1913 he led the pharmacology division of the Hygienic Laboratory of the U.S. Public Health Service, the ancestor of today's National Institutes of Health. His work there covered the action of acetylcholine, the toxicity of methyl alcohol and the presence of thyroid hormone in blood.
He went on to chair pharmacology at Harvard Medical School and held many leadership roles, including president of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and chairman of the American Medical Association's Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry. He also served on a drug standards committee of the League of Nations.
Hunt died in 1948 in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Timeline
- 1870-04-20: Born (Martinsville, OH) source
- 1896: Tutor in physiology at Columbia University medical school (New York, NY) source
- 1904: Becomes chief of the pharmacology division at the Hygienic Laboratory (Washington, DC) source
- 1913: Leaves the Hygienic Laboratory post (Washington, DC) source
- 1948-03-07: Dies (Belmont, MA) source
What Reid is known for
- Studied acetylcholine's effects on the heart and circulation
- Chief of the pharmacology division, U.S. Hygienic Laboratory, 1904-1913
- Chair of pharmacology at Harvard Medical School
- Research on acetylcholine, methyl alcohol toxicity and thyroid hormone in blood
Honors and things named for them
- President, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- President, Pharmacopeial Convention
Ohio places
Where Reid Hunt was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: Martinsville, Clinton County ZIP 45146 · Martinsville · Clinton County
- Worked: Boston, MA, Suffolk (Massachusetts) County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: Reid Hunt birth date and place, death date and place, career positions and research