Chauncey D. Leake
American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist
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Chauncey Depew Leake (September 5, 1896 – January 11, 1978) was an American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist.
September 5, 1896
Chauncey Depew Leake | |
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Leake (left) with Morris Fishbein | |
| Born | Chauncey Depew Leake September 5, 1896 Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1978 (aged 81) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pharmacology |
Early life
Leake was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[1] At age 10, he was treated by the ophthalmologist Karl Koller. At that time, Koller also introduced Leake to the anesthetic effects of cocaine.[2]
Education
Leake received a bachelor's degree with majors in biology, chemistry, and philosophy from Princeton University.[3] He received his M.S. (1920) and Ph.D. (1923) from the University of Wisconsin in pharmacology and physiology.[4]
Career
Leake discovered the anesthetic divinyl ether. He authored over 400 publications.[5] One of his publications was a translation of the 1628 physiological work De motu cordis (On the Motion of the Heart) from Latin to English.
Leake became a fulltime university administrator from 1942, first at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and from 1962 at Ohio State University.[5]
In 1973, Leake was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II.[6]
He was awarded the UCSF medal in 1975.[7]
A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[8]
