Ram Behari Arora

Ram Behari Arora (1917–1997) was an Indian pharmacologist, medical academic, and the founding head of the department of pharmacology at Sawai ManSingh Medical College, the first medical college in the Indian state of Rajasthan.[1][2] He was one of the founder fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[3][4]

Ram Behari Arora
Born(1917-03-31)March 31, 1917
India
DiedUnknown
NationalityIndian
Known forMedical academics and studies on pharmacology
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Born on 31 March 1917, Arora was known for his contributions to the field of cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics.[5] He researched traditional Indian medicine and published several medical papers on the subject;[6][note 1] his articles have been cited by many authors.[7][8] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1961,[9][note 2] making him the first physician to receive the honor.[10][11]

Selected bibliography
  • Singh TJ, Gupta OP, Tariq M, Arora RB (1970). "Effect of caffeine and coffee on serum cholesterol, free fatty acids and triglycerides levels in pigs". Indian J Med Res. 58 (1): 125–9. PMID 5439942.
  • Seth SD, Arora RB, Guleria JS (1971). "Beneficial effect of hydrocortisone & hydrocortisone-antivenene combination in the treatment of Russell's viper envenomation". Indian J Exp Biol. 9 (2): 183–6. PMID 5092731.
  • Arora RB, Bagchi N, Gupta OP (1972). "The effects of reserpine and propranolol on the therapeutic and toxic effects of peruvoside in the heart-lung preparation and intact dogs". Indian J Med Res. 60 (1): 143–52. PMID 5029118.
  • Sharma JN, Arora RB (1973). "Arthritis in ancient Indian literature". Indian J Hist Sci. 8 (1–2): 37–42. PMID 11619600.
  • Seth SD, Mukhopadhyay AB, Bagchi N, Prbhakar MC, Arora RB (1973). "Antihistaminic and spasmolytic effects of musk". Jpn J Pharmacol. 23 (5): 673–9. doi:10.1254/jjp.23.673. PMID 4148817.

Notes
  1. Please see Selected bibliography section
  2. Long link - please select award year to see details

References
  1. "History". Sawai ManSingh Medical College. 2017.
  2. "History of Medical Education in Rajasthan" (PDF). NAMSCON 2013. 2013.
  3. "Founder Fellows". National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2017.
  4. "Obituary". National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2017.
  5. "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017.
  6. "Author profile". PubMed. 2017.
  7. Kenneth G. Zysk (1998). Medicine in the Veda: Religious Healing in the Veda : with Translations and Annotations of Medical Hymns from the Ṛgveda and the Atharvaveda and Renderings from the Corresponding Ritual Texts. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-81-208-1401-1.
  8. Kenneth G. Zysk (1 October 1992). Religious Medicine: The History and Evolution of Indian Medicine. Transaction Publishers. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-1-4128-3302-8.
  9. "Medical Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013.
  10. "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  11. "Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". ssbprize.gov.in. Retrieved 15 March 2017.


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