Edwin B. Astwood
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Edwin Bennett Astwood (December 19, 1909 – February 17, 1976) was a Bermudian physiologist and endocrinologist: his research on endocrine system led to treatments for hyperthyroidism, first published in 1943 in what has subsequently been called a "landmark" paper.[1] In 1949 he showed that methimazole was superior to alternative therapies for Graves' disease and this became a standard treatment for the condition.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.[3] In 1948, he was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh. He died of cancer on February 17, 1976, in Hamilton, Bermuda.[4]
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- Cooper, D. Y. Astwood, Edwin Bennett. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000.
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- 1909 births
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- American physiologists
- American endocrinologists
- Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 20th-century American physicians
- Deaths from cancer in Bermuda
- Bermudian emigrants to the United States