Herrman Blumgart
Herrman Ludwig Blumgart (1895-1977) was an American physician, cardiologist and pioneer of diagnostic nuclear medicine.
In 1925, Hermann Blumgart performed the first diagnostic procedure using radioactive indicators on humans. Referred to as the father of diagnostic nuclear medicine, in that he performed the first radiotracer test on a human (himself).
Biography
- Born on July 18, 1895 in New Jersey, United States
- 1921 – M.D. from Harvard Medical School
- 1925 – With Soma Weiss (1898-1942) conducted experiments with in-vivo circulating blood radioactive tracers, the first practical method of measuring circulation in time
- 1928 – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
- 1946 – Physician- in Chief at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston until 1962.
- 1946 – Appointed Professor of Medicine at Harvard
- 1956 – Editor-in-chief of Circulation
- 1969 – Named first physician by the Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Died on March 21, 1977 in Massachusetts, United States
Medical Eponyms
Blumgart-Ernstene murmur (1933)
To differentiate aortic insufficiency from peripheral vasodilation through immersion of limbs in cold water and the application of subdiastolic pressures. Duroziez-type murmur auscultated with the patients arm subjected to various temperatures of water and by applying a subdiastolic pressure below the auscultation site, to help differentiate between aortic insufficiency and peripheral vasodilatation.
Other eponyms
- Blumgart–Yens detector; the Blumgart–Yens modified cloud chamber heralded the birth of nuclear medicine instrumentation
- Hermann L. Blumgart Award (1989) Cardiovascular Council Award for outstanding achievement in the field of nuclear cardiology
Major Publications
- Blumgart HL, Yens OC. Studies on the velocity of blood flow: I. The method utilized. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 1-14.
- Blumgart HL, Weiss S. Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow II. The Velocity of Blood Flow in Normal Resting Individuals, and a Critique of the Method Used. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 15-33.
- Blumgart HL, Weiss S. Studies on the velocity of Blood Flow III. The Velocity of Blood Flow and Its Relation to Other Aspects of the Circulation in Patients with Rheumatic and Syphilitic Heart Disease. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 149-172.
- Blumgart HL, Weiss S. Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow IV. The Velocity of Blood Flow and Its Relation to Other Aspects of the Circulation m Patients with Arteriosclerosis and m Patients with Arterial Hypertension. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 173-199
- Blumgart HL, Weiss S. Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow V. The Physiological and the Pathological Significance of the Velocity of Blood Flow. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 199-210
- Blumgart HL, Weiss S. Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow VI The Method of Collecting the Active Deposit of Radium and its Preparation for Intravenous Injection. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 389-399
- Blumgart HL, Weiss S. Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow VII The Pulmonary Circulation Time in Normal Resting Individual. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 399-426
- Weiss S, Blumgart HL. Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow VIII. The Velocity of Blood Flow and Its Relation to Other Aspects of the Circulation in Patients with Pulmonary Emphysema. J Clin Invest. 1927; 4: 555-574
- Blumgart HL, Ernstene AC. Two mechanisms in production of Duroziez’s sign: Their diagnostic significance and clinical test for differentiating between them. JAMA. 1933; 100(3): 173-177. [Blumgart-Ernstene murmur]
References
Biography
- Portrait: “Herrman L. Blumgart,” OnView: Digital Collections & Exhibits
- Freedberg AS. In memoriam. Herrman L. Blumgart. J Nucl Med. 1978 May;19(5):569.
Eponymous terms
- Patton DD. The birth of nuclear medicine instrumentation: Blumgart and Yens, 1925. J Nucl Med. 2003 Aug;44(8):1362-5.
- Zhang G. Eponyms in Aortic Regurgitation. LITFL 2019
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