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Eugene Floyd Dubois
American physician, born 1882; died February 12, 1959, New York.
We thank Søren Nørby, Denmark, for information submitted.
Associated eponyms:
Aub-Dubois table
Table of normal basal metabolic rates.
Dubois & Dubois formula
Formula for measuring the surface of the body.
Meeh-Dubois formula
A formula for predicting surface area.
Biography:
Eugene Floyd Dubois was physician- in-chief of New York Hospital and professor of medicine at Cornell Medical College. He was a recognized authority on metabolism.
Bibliography:
- Basal metabolism in health and disease. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1924.
- Frederick Parker Gay, 1874-1939.
Transactions of the Association of American Physicians, 1940, 55: 15-16.
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