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'''Rustom Jal Vakil''' (17 July 1911 – 20 November 1974) was a [[cardiologist]] from India who was awarded a [[Padma Bhushan]] for his contributions to medicine. He was the first Indian to win a [[Lasker Award]].<br />
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Born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in 1911, Vakil completed his medical education in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://medind.nic.in/jac/t02/i1/jact02i1p100.pdf |title=History of Medicine |publisher=Medind.nic.in |access-date=2013-10-13}}</ref> He pioneered the use of [[reserpine]] to control [[hypertension]]. Reserpine is derived from Indian Snakeroot, ''Rauwolfia serpentina'', known in [[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] as Pagal-ki-dawa (‘‘medicine for the insane’’). It was later explored as a treatment for [[schizophrenia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulzerlab.org/pdf_articles/Sulzer05AMPHreview.pdf |title=Mechanisms of neurotransmitter release by amphetamines : A Review |publisher=Sulzerlab.org |access-date=2013-10-13}}</ref><br />
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==Books authored==<br />
*''Clinical Diagnosis''<br />
*''Textbook of Medicine''<br />
*''The romance of healing and other essays''<br />
*''Heart in Health and Disease''<br />
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==Awards received==<br />
*1958 Padma Bhushan<br />
*1959 International [[Albert Lasker Award]]<br />
*1965 [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]] Award<br />
*1969 [[B.C.Roy Award]]<br />
*1971 The V World Congress of Cardiology Souvenir Award by the Cardiological Society of India<br />
*1973 The First Dhanwantari Award<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1954–59}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian cardiologists]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine]]<br />
[[Category:Parsi people from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1911 births]]<br />
[[Category:1974 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Medical Science]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award]]<br />
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians]]<br />
[[Category:Medical doctors from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]<br />
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