Arthur Cecil Alport

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Arthur Cecil Alport (also Cecil Arthur Alport or Arthur C. Alport ; born January 25, 1880 in Beaufort West , Karoo , Western Cape Province , † April 17, 1959 in London ) was a South African medic.

After studying medicine at Edinburgh University , Alport returned to South Africa in 1905 to practice in Johannesburg , where he also owned a small (but unproductive) gold mine.

During World War I , Alport served with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in South West Africa , Macedonia and Salonica . He then worked as a specialist in tropical medicine in London at the Ministry of Welfare (MPNI) and at the Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich , from 1922 for fourteen years as deputy director under Samuel Langmead in the newly established department of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington .

On the advice of Sir Alexander Fleming , Alport followed in 1937 a call as professor of clinical medicine at the King Fuad I Hospital of the University of Cairo . There he fought against the conditions prevailing at the time, which were characterized by corruption and bad treatment of poorer patients. The grievances were the reason for his early resignation of this post and the basis of his book "One Hour of Justice: The Black Book of the Egyptian Hospitals", which he initially had published at his own expense and which ultimately led to the desired success - a reform of the Egyptian health care system .

In 1947 he resigned from the Royal College of Physicians , who in his opinion had been abandoned by his British colleagues . Alport died at the age of 79 at his old place of work in London.

After Alport is Alport syndrome named a genetic disease with malformed collagen fibers .

Works

  • Malaria and Its Treatment. 1919 - Experience with quinine injection for the treatment of malaria around 1915
  • One Hour of Justice: The Black Book of the Egyptian Hospitals - Description of the ailing Egyptian health system

Obituaries

  • British Medical Journal, London, 1959, 1: 1191.
  • Lancet, London, 1959, I: 947.

Source and literature

personal data
SURNAME Alport, Arthur Cecil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alport, Cecil Arthur (full name); Alport, Arthur C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African medic
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaufort West , Karoo , Western Cape Province
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1959
Place of death London