Harold E. B. Pardee
Harold Ensign Bennet Pardee[1] (December 11, 1886 – February 28, 1973) was an American cardiologist and pioneer in electrocardiogram research.[2]
Harold E. B. Pardee | |
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| Born | Harold Ensign Bennet Pardee December 11, 1886 |
| Died | February 28, 1973 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbia College Columbia Medical School |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, cardiologist |
| Relatives | Irving H. Pardee (brother) |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | The New York Hospital Cornell University Medical College |
Biography
Pardee was born on December 11, 1886, to Ensign Bennet Pardee, a physician. He was a grandnephew of Charles Inslee Pardee, former dean of the New York Medical College,[3][4] and a direct descendant of William Brewster and William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony.[3]
He received his A.B. from Columbia College at age 18 and then received a M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.[2] While completing his internship at New York Hospital, Pardee began research on heart disease using Willem Einthoven's prototype electrocardiograph.[1] In 1912, he started working at Medical Clinic of New York Hospita;, which is now Weill Cornell Medical Center.[2]
During World War I, Pardee served as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps. He worked with British cardiologist Thomas Lewis to determine the symptoms of feigned or true heart seizure among patients.[2]
Pardee was known for his research on the electrocardiographic recognition and characterization of myocardial infarction and ischemia. He was the first to describe the constant changes in electrocardiograms in coronary diseases in 1920, and he was the namesake of Pardee's sign, which is a takeoff of the T wave from the descending R wave that is above the electrocardiographic baseline, and Pardee's wave.[1][2]
Pardee taught at Cornell University Medical College and the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital.[2][5] He was also a fellow of the American Medical Association.[2]
Personal life
Pardee married Dorothy Dwight Porter,[6] daughter of Henry Hobart Porter,[7] former president of American Water Works. She was a niece of Seton Porter, founder and chairman of National Distillers.[8][9]
Pardee died on February 28, 1973, at his 770 Park Avenue apartment at age 86.[1] His brother, Irving Hotchkiss Pardee, married Abby Rockefeller Mauzé until his death in 1949.[10]
References
- Kligfield, Psaul; Hurst, J. Willis; Fye, W. Bruce (August 2005). "Harold Ensign Bennet Pardee". Clinical Cardiology. 28 (8): 396–398. doi:10.1002/clc.4960280812. PMC 6653963. PMID 16144219.
- "Dr. Harold E. B. Pardee Dies; Electrocardiographic Pioneer". The New York Times. 1973-03-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- "MISS TREVOR ENGAGED.; She Is to Marry Dr. Irving H. Pardee -- The Date Not Set". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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- Burch, George Edward; DePasquale, Nicholas P. (1990). A History of Electrocardiography. Norman Publishing. ISBN 978-0-930405-21-2.
- New York Medical Journal. A. R. Elliot. 1918.
- Seton, Robert (1899). An Old Family: Or, The Setons of Scotland and America. Brentano's.
- Carbone, Nick; Tharoor, Ishaan (2013-02-26). "Time turns 90: All you need to know about modern history in 90 TIME covers". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- "Seton Porter Dies: Liquor Executive". The New York Times. 1953-02-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- "Dr. Irving Pardee / Neurologist 57; Son-in-Law of J. D. Rockefeller Jr. Dies – Served Hospitals Here and in Suburbs". The New York Times. 1949-04-11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-20.