Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1947

SIR JONATHAN HUTCHINSON (1828-1913) A clinical memoir on certain diseases of the eye and ear, consequent on inherited syphilis. Churchill 1863 259 pp., col. plate. 22.2 cm.

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The work of Jonathan Hutchinson is remarkable in both quantity and diversity. His writings reveal an encyclopedic mind conversant with virtually every area of medicine and one able to communicate effectively. As surgeon to London Hospital and later the Royal College of Surgeons, Hutchinson made numerous original observations, most notably in the areas of congenital syphilis and skin diseases. His name has been linked with a number of diseases including Hutchinson's teeth and Hutchinson's facies. In 1886, he made the first recorded observation of progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome). Much of his work is preserved in the eleven volume Archives of surgery (1890-1900), a journal written entirely by himself. The present work is a well-documented discussion of congenital syphilis, one of several works Hutchinson produced on the subject.

Cited references: Waller 5024