Arthur Purdy Stout

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Arthur Purdy Stout (1918)

Arthur Purdy Stout (born November 30, 1885 in New York City , † December 21, 1967 there ) was an American surgeon and pathologist .

Life

Arthur Purdy Stout was born the fourth son of Joseph S. Stout and his wife Julia Frances, née Purdy, in New York City. He studied at Columbia University , where he received his Medical Doctor in 1912 . At Columbia University he worked as a surgeon. He served in the American armed forces in France during the First World War . After the war he came back to Columbia University and became assistant professor of surgery there in 1921. In 1928 he became an associate professor and in 1947 a professor. In 1950 he also became a professor of pathology. In 1951 he retired from Columbia University and became director of pathology at Francis Delafield Hospital in New York City. He then retired there in 1954.

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As an author or co-author, Stout published over 300 articles in various medical journals. In 1932 he published the book Human Cancer . In 1954 he and L. Whittington Gorham described a new disease in which a massive loss of bone mass ( osteolysis ) occurs. This disease is now called Gorham-Stout Syndrome after its discoverer .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AP Stout: Human Cancer: Etiological Factors, Precancerous Lesions, Growth, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, & Principles of Treatment. Lea & Febiger Publishing, Philadelphia, 1932.
  2. ↑ LW Gorham and AP Stout: Hemangiomatosis and its relation to massive osteolysis. In: Trans Assoc Am Physicians 67, 1954, pp. 302-307. PMID 13216840
  3. ↑ LW Gorham and AP Stout: MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS (ACUTE SPONTANEOUS ABSORPTION OF BONE, PHANTOM BONE, DISAPPEARING BONE) Its Relation to Hemangiomatosis ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume ) 37, 1955, pp. 985-1004. PMID 13263344

literature

  • HA Azar: Arthur Purdy Stout (1885-1967), a pioneer of surgical pathology: A survey of his Notes on the Education of an “Oncological” Surgical Pathologist In: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 2, 1998, pp. 271-279. doi : 10.1016 / S1092-9134 (98) 80017-8

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personal data
SURNAME Stout, Arthur Purdy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American surgeon and pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1967
Place of death New York City