Background
HOWELL, William H. was born on February 20, 1860 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Son of G. H. Howell and Virginia Magruder Howell.
HOWELL, William H. was born on February 20, 1860 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Son of G. H. Howell and Virginia Magruder Howell.
Studied at The Johns Hopkins University Graduated, 1881. Held successively the positions of fellow, assistant, associate and associate professor in the department of Biology. Accepted the Chair of Physiology and Histology in the University of Michigan.
Doctor of Philosophy.
Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Laws.
He pioneered the use of heparin as a blood anti-coagulant. He taught at the University of Michigan and at Harvard before becoming professor at Johns Hopkins in 1893. He was dean of the medical school from 1899 to 1901.
Doctor Howell contributed to the London Journal of Physiology, the Transactions of the Royal Society, the Johns Hopkins Biological Studies, the Journal of Morphology, and the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
He was associate editor of the American Journal of Physiology after 1898. He wrote Text-Book of Physiology (1905.
Fifth edition, 1913).
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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Clubs: Baltimore Country. Johns Hopkins.
Spouse 1887, Anne Janet Tucker of Baltimore.