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Benjamin Sacks
American physician, born 1896.
Associated eponyms:
Libman-Sacks syndrome
An atypical, verrucous, nonbacterial, valvular and mural endocarditis. Final stage of systemic lupus erythematodes.
Biography:
Benjamin Sacks was a pupil of Emanuel Libman. In 1923-1924 they isolated an undescribed type of endocarditis, which they described as atypical verrucous endocarditis (Libman-Sacks Disease; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus). Characterized by a facial rash and fever, dermatologists had earlier described the disease, but Libman and Sacks presented the first complete clinical picture, with and without skin lesions. Sacks also wrote on Hindu medicine.
We thank Grace E. Jacobs for information submitted.
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