About Henry A. Schroeder
Lived 1906 – 1975 (aged 68–69). Henry A. Schroeder was an American physician and physiologist.
Henry Alfred Schroeder (June 18, 1906 - 1975) M.D., F.A.C.P was an American physiologist and writer.
Schroeder was born in Short Hills, New Jersey and graduated from Yale College in 1929. He obtained his medical degree from the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1933. Schroeder's major contribution to the prevention of chronic disease was his development of the low sodium diet which is used widely today in treatment of hypertension. The book documented the toxic effects of metals and the health impact of deficiencies of essential elements in the American diet. He was a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Pollution, Profits & Progress (1971) The Trace Elements and Man (1973) The Poisons Around Us (1974, 1994)
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Who was Henry A. Schroeder?
American physiologist and writer
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Henry A. Schroeder was born on 18 June 1906 in Short Hills.
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Henry A. Schroeder died in 1975 in Saint Thomas.
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Henry A. Schroeder was a physician and physiologist.
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Henry A. Schroeder was American.
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