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Birth Name:

James Black (pharmacologist)

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Jun 14, 1924

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Uddingston, Scotland, United Kingdom

Age:

100

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

23°

Gem

5'

About James Black (pharmacologist)

Sir James Whyte Black OM FRS FRSE FRCP (14 June 1924 – 22 March 2010) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, while there, developed propranolol, a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Black was also responsible for the development of cimetidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for work leading to the development of propranolol and cimetidine.

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External Links:

• James Black on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website

• James Black at Find a Grave

• Sir James W. Black on Nobelprize.org

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for James Black (pharmacologist): Sun 23 Gemini, Moon 14 Scorpio, Mercury 2 Gemini, Venus 17 Cancer, Mars 26 Aquarius, Jupiter 13 Sagittarius, Saturn 25 Libra, Uranus 21 Pisces, Neptune 18 Leo, Pluto 11 Cancer, Sun Trine Mars, Sun Square Uranus, Sun Trine Saturn, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Venus Trine Uranus, Venus Semi Sextile Neptune, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Jupiter Quincunx Pluto

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