23/07/2018
* HISTORY TODAY IN MEDICINE*
*JULY* 2⃣3⃣
*Sir Jonathan Hutchinson*
*July 23, 1828 - June 13, 1913*
💠English Surgeon, Scientist
His contributions ...
🔸 Hutchinson had studied medicine under the guidance of his mentor *Sir.James Paget* at *St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.* He further studied Ophthalmology at *Moorfield's Hospital* and became a member of Royal College of Surgeons in 1850.
🔸He had shown his interest in various specialties which led him to a glittering career.
🔸During his career, he was recognized as a leading authority on ophthalmology, dermatology , neurology and in particular syphilis.
🔸His committed contribution in the field of medicine, made him to lead various positions as *President of Hunterian society, the pathological society, the ophthalmological society, the neurological society and the college of surgeons.*
🔸Moreover, he was a great teacher and admirable speaker, he attracted larger number of students by his demonstrations.
🔸He was the founder of museum called *"The Hutchinson Educational Museum"* established at Haslemere in 1888 (Still exists today)
🔸His eponyms....
▪Hutchinson's angina
▪Hutchinson's sign in ophthalmic herpes zoster
▪Hutchinson's facies- Facial appearance of drooping of eyelids & external ophthalmoplegia in neurosyphilis
▪Hutchinson's melanotic freckle now known as melanoma in situ
▪Hutchinson's melanotic disease
▪Hutchinson's prurigo
▪Hutchinson's teeth in congenital syphilis
▪Hutchinson's triad- Interstitial keratitis, malformed teeth & eighth nerve deafness
▪Hutchinson's disease now known as sarcoidosis
▪Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome
(He was the first to describe progeria in 1886)
🔸Additionally, he was a prolific writer 🖋throughout his life. He had written ten-volume📚 *Archives of Surgery* from 1885 to 1899.
🔸He wished his Epitaph to be *"A Man of Hope & Forward-Looking Mind".*
*A Day to Commemorate...*
A Man of Great Multispecialist of Medicine
*Sir Jonathan Hutchinson*