On This Day In Alabama History: Harrison Became Acting Dean Of Medical College Of Alabama
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
Dr. Tinsley Harrison on this day became acting dean of the Medical College of Alabama (now the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham) and chairman of the Department of Medicine. Harrison was one of the most influential physicians of the 20th century. His worldwide fame rested primarily on his book “Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine,” published in 1950 and reprinted 16 times and translated into 14 languages. It remains the single most-used and best-selling internal medicine text in the world.
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