Chauncey D. Leake

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Chauncey Depew Leake
Born September 5, 1896(1896-09-05)
Died January 11, 1978 (aged 81)
Fields Pharmacology

Chauncey Depew Leake (September 5, 1896 - January 11, 1978) was an American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist.

Leake discovered the anaesthetic divinyl ether and provided an admirable translation of De motu cordis after being treated by the ophthalmologist Carl Koller .

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"Victory Over Pain-A History of Anaesthesia" by Victor Robinson