Kennedy T J
Kidney Int. 1999 Jan;55(1):326-33. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00254.x.
James A. Shannon and the beginning of the Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism of the National Institutes of Health. This is a historical review of the beginnings of the intramural research program of the National Heart Institute (NHI), now the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), with particular emphasis on the organization's Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism and the persona of the program's founder, Dr. James A. Shannon. The narrative is anecdotal, intended to evoke the atmosphere that prevailed as an old-line public health agency transformed itself into the modern National Institutes of Health. The article is based entirely on the personal recollections of the author, an early recruit. It details the period from 1949 to 1953, and more sketchily the subsequent seven years. Additionally, it provides the author's perceptions of the style, modus operandi, and personality of Dr. Shannon in the years before he assumed the directorship of the NIH in 1955.
詹姆斯·A·香农与美国国立卫生研究院肾脏与电解质代谢实验室的创立。这是一篇关于美国国立心脏研究所（NHI，现美国国立心肺血液研究所，NHLBI）内部研究项目起源的历史回顾，特别着重于该机构的肾脏与电解质代谢实验室以及该项目创始人詹姆斯·A·香农博士的个人情况。叙述采用轶事体，旨在唤起一个老牌公共卫生机构转变为现代美国国立卫生研究院时盛行的氛围。本文完全基于作者（一名早期入职者）的个人回忆。它详细描述了1949年至1953年这段时期，对随后的七年则描述得较为简略。此外，还呈现了作者对香农博士在1955年担任美国国立卫生研究院院长之前那些年的风格、行事方式和个性的看法。
