George Budd
George Budd (born February 1808 near North Taunton in Devonshire , † March 14, 1882 in Ashleigh by Barnstaple , North Devon ) was an English medicin . A rare liver disease, the Budd-Chiari syndrome, was named after him and a colleague.
Life
Budd was born in 1808 to the surgeon Samuel Budd. His father had become known through an article about the outbreak of typhoid fever in their hometown. The village doctor had a large family with a daughter and nine sons, seven of whom later became doctors.
George Budd received private training in his village, then attended Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University , where he graduated in 1831. He then went to Paris and studied medicine and pathology before returning to London to work at Middlesex Hospital.
Liver disease
He got his first job as a doctor on the hospital ship Dreadnaught . Here he encountered numerous cases of liver disease in seafarers who were returning home after a long stay in the tropics. This incident became a basis for his classic work on diseases of the liver . In 1840 he became a doctor of medicine at Cambridge. In 1845 he first described the Budd-Chiari syndrome , named after him and later also after Hans von Chiari , a so-called posthepatic block in the case of outflow disorders in the area of the hepatic veins as a form of portal hypertension (the occlusion of the liver veins affects the classical Budd-Chiari Syndrome mainly the large hepatic veins and is nowadays more differentiated from diseases that affect the obstruction of the small hepatic veins).
Teaching activities
During his 23 years at the Royal College Hospital, he made a name for himself as a renowned teacher and lecturer. He was always seen as a friend of the students. In 1863 he gave up his position as a teaching teacher and devoted himself only to his private practice. In 1867 he researched glycosuria , closed his practice and went on a trip to Europe, spending the summer in Italy.
Honor and death
Later he came back to England as a landlord and increasingly enjoyed spending time in his garden and hunting. In 1880 he was elected Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. George Budd died of pneumonia at the age of 75.
Further development
His brother William Budd (1811–1880) supported the fact that typhoid fever is contagious and can be spread by contamination from people infected with the disease. His typhoid fever monograph, published in 1873, is a classic in public health literature. He also dealt with cholera .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Budd, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taunton |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1882 |
| Place of death | North Devon |