He was also involved in the development of treatments for phenylketonuria.[1][3] In 1951, Bickel, Evelyn Hickmans and John Gerrard were persuaded by a persistent mother to help her daughter, Sheila, who was suffering from phenylketonuria. They created a diet that was low in phenylalanine and the daughter's condition improved.[4]
Bickel, Gerrard and Hickmans were awarded the John Scott Medal in 1962 for their discovery.[4]
^Fanconi G, Bickel H (November 1949). "Die chronische Aminoacidurie (Aminosaeurediabetes oder nephrotisch-glukosurischer Zwergwuchs) bei der Glykogenose und der Cystinkrankheit". Helv Paediatr Acta. 4 (5): 359–96. PMID15397919.
^Scheibenreiter S, Tiefenthaler M, Hinteregger V, et al. (July 1996). "Austrian report on longitudinal outcome in phenylketonuria". Eur. J. Pediatr. 155 Suppl 1: S45–9. doi:10.1007/PL00014248. PMID8828608.
^ abMarelene Rayner-Canham, Geoff Rayner-Canham (2008), "Evelyn Hickmans", Chemistry was Their Life: Pioneer British Women Chemists, 1880–1949, World Scientific, p. 198, ISBN9781908978998
