Minot, George Richards

Claire EJ Herrick, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002878

1885–1950 American physician responsible for the development of liver therapy as a treatment for pernicious anaemia.

Keywords: pernicious anaemia; haematology; diabetes; liver therapy; vitamin B₁₂

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Further Reading
	Minot GR and Castle WB (1935) The development of liver therapy in pernicious anaemia: a Nobel Lecture. Lancet i: 361–364.
	book Minot GR (1936) Pathological Physiology and Clinical Description of the Anaemias. New York: Oxford University Press.
	book Dictionary of American Biography (1974) supplement 4, pp. 580–583. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
	book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.), vol. 9, pp. 416–417. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
	Editorial (1967) George R. Minot (1885–1950) Inquiring Physician. Journal of the American Medical Association 200: 639–640.
	book Rackemann FM (1956) The Inquisitive Physician. The Life and Times of George Richards Minot, AB, MD, Dsc. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.