CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.


Typed Letter Signed ("Harvey Cushing") to Dr. Emil A. Falk, on Cushing's basophilism paper and its upcoming republication in a book, 1 p, 4to, Boston, August 5, 1932, on official Peter Bent Brigham Letterhead, folds."...this paper with two or three others on co-related topics are in process of being reprinted by Charles Thomas, publisher...." "The Basophil Adenomas Of The Pituitary Body And Their Clinical Manifestations (Pituitary Basophilism)" (Garrison-Morton 3904), according to Bliss, stands as "his most enduring contribution to clinical medicine ... it was immediately realized in the medical world that Cushing had identified a distinct disease pattern ... Medical journals immediately named it after him: 'Cushing's syndrome.' He was very pleased. [Cushing wrote to a friend], 'Judging from the reactions I have received from all sides, it looks as though I may have made a ten-strike'" (Bliss, Harvey Cushing, pp 476-477). The original journal issue of Cushing's landmark article is included here, as it appeared in the complete issue of Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, March, 1932.