# Philip Showalter Hench

> Philip Showalter Hench was an American physician. Hench, along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for the discovery of the hormone cortisone, and its application for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The Nobel Committee bestowed the award for the trio's "discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects."

*American physician (1896-1965)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/philip-showalter-hench

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1896-02-28
- **Died:** 1965-03-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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- [Філіп Хенч](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235651)

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