Arnold Rich
Arnold Rich · Science & Medicine
Pathologist known for research on tuberculosis and hypersensitivity
1893, Birmingham, Alabama, United States — 1968, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
United States (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore)
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Rich was a pathologist at Johns Hopkins, where he served as chairman of pathology, and a leading authority on tuberculosis; his book The Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis and his studies of hypersensitivity shaped understanding of how the body's immune reactions cause tissue damage in infection. He came from a Southern Jewish family in Birmingham, Alabama, and was the father of the poet Adrienne Rich, who wrote about her Jewish paternal heritage.
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Pathologist known for research on tuberculosis and hypersensitivity
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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