George Richards Minot
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About
Nobel Prize-winning physician who discovered a way to treat the deadly disease pernicious anemia.
Before Fame
An interest in the study of human blood led him to his famous discovery.
Trivia
He found in dog trials that a half a pound of raw liver reversed anemia. The same remedy worked with humans.
Family Life
His father was also a physician and his grandfather founded the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Associated With
George Whipple was Minot's research partner on anemia and shared his 1934 Nobel Prize.
