George Edward Burch, M.D. (1910–1986) was a shaper of modern cardiology during the middle part of the twentieth century, whose accomplishments included elucidating the fundamental physiological basis of important cardiovascular diseases, in addition to contributions to the teaching of medicine and cardiology. He was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Tulane University for many years. He is best known for his research in electrocardiography and vectorcardiography, for contributions to understanding viral-based cardiovascular diseases, for 12 books in the field of medicine and cardiology, and for more than 850 publications in the scholarly literature. He is also credited with the invention of the phlebomanometer, an instrument for measuring pressure in small veins. He elucidated effects of climate on the cardiovascular system and on congestive heart failure. He was a pioneer in the use of radioisotopes as tracers in medical research Archived 2013-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Additionally Burch had wide influence as editor of the American Heart Journal (1959–82) and was an early anti-smoking activist.
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Chronos, also spelled Chronus, is a personification of time in Greek mythology, who is also discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature.
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WARU was a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. The station is licensed to Peru, Indiana, United States. The station was last owned by Dream Weaver Marketing, LLC. Its license was deleted on September 30, 2021.
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