Kenneth M. Brinkhous
Obituary of Kenneth M. Brinkhous, the UNC pathologist and blood-clotting researcher, who died in Chapel Hill in December 2000 at 92.
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Kenneth M. Brinkhous
Kenneth M. Brinkhous (1908–2000) chaired the Department of Pathology at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill from 1946 to 1973. A leading researcher on bleeding and clotting disorders, he pioneered means of controlling hemophilia, and the Brinkhous-Bullitt Building was named in 1983 for him and his predecessor.
Also found in catalogs as K. M. (Kenneth Merle) Brinkhous.
1908–2000 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster as K. M. Brinkhous → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Kenneth M. Brinkhous, MD
JAMA's obituary of Kenneth M. Brinkhous, chair of pathology at UNC from 1946 to 1973, who worked in the building named for him and died at home in Chapel Hill.
Bleeder dogs and the framing of hemophilia management : from dismal prospects to potent medicine in the laboratory of Kenneth Brinkhous, M.D., 1930-1960
A 1997 thesis by Stephen Gregory Pemberton on hemophilia research in the laboratory of Kenneth M. Brinkhous at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 1930 and 1960, and the dogs named in its title. Topics include hemophilia, dogs as laboratory animals and the history of the university's Department of Pathology. Bibliography on leaves 78 to 88.
Journey
Memoir by Robert K. Massie and Suzanne Massie about raising their son Robert, who had hemophilia, published by Knopf in New York in 1975. Pages 262 to 290 discuss Kenneth M. Brinkhous, the pathologist in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina whose work centered on hemophilia.
Life and Orange County connections
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- Kenneth M. Brinkhous chairs the UNC Department of Pathology Brinkhous succeeded James B. Bullitt as chair of pathology at the UNC School of Medicine in 1946 and held the post until 1973, building a research program in thrombosis and hemostasis. His department invented the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test used in clinical laboratories. People: James Bell BullittSearch the index · UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Department History
- Brinkhous begins research on dogs that carry hemophilia Brinkhous began studying canine carriers of hemophilia in 1947. The work led to the laboratory now called the Francis Owen Blood Research Laboratory and to UNC's hemophilia research and treatment center.Search the index · UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center: History and Mission
- James Webb designs a house on Dogwood Drive for Kenneth and Frances Brinkhous Architect James Webb designed a one-story Contemporary house with wood-shingled walls, deep eaves and a walkout basement on a steep lot at 524 Dogwood Drive for pathologist Kenneth Brinkhous and his wife Frances.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: West Chapel Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase), National Register nomination (OR2769, 2019), Section 7 p. 27
- The Brinkhous-Bullitt Building is named for two pathology chairs The University named its 1973 pathology building for Kenneth M. Brinkhous and his predecessor James B. Bullitt, who between them chaired the Department of Pathology from 1913 to 1973. People: James Bell BullittSearch the index · Carolina Story: Kenneth M Brinkhous (1908-2000) and James B. Bullitt (1874-1964) and Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
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- UNC School of Medicine University schools and programs · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
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