Caleb Hillier Parry
Caleb Hillier Parry (born October 21, 1755 in Cirencester , † March 9, 1822 in Bath ) was an English medic. He is the first to describe hyperthyroidism (1786, published in 1825) and Parry-Romberg syndrome . He continued to study arterial pulse and angina pectoris .
Life
Parry, the eldest son of Pastor Joshua Parry and his wife Sarah Hillier, met the young Edward Jenner during his school days at Cirencester Grammar School , with whom he had a lifelong friendship. Jenner would later dedicate his work An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae to him. From 1770 to 1773 Parry attended the Dissenters' Academy in Warrington . He then studied at the University of Edinburgh Medical . In 1775 he spent two years with Thomas Denman in London, then Parry returned to Edinburgh, where he received his doctorate in 1778 with a thesis on rabies (De rabie contagiosa vulgo canina) . He married Sarah Rigby that same year and toured the Netherlands and France with her for nine months. In 1779 the couple settled in Bath , where Parry's practice got off to a slow start. In 1785, angina anatomist and surgeon John Hunter visited the spa town of Bath and was cared for by Caleb Hillier Parry during his stay. This increased his reputation on site significantly, Parry's practice flourished increasingly. His patients in Bath included Wilhelm Herschel , Edmund Burke, and naval officers such as Admirals Richard Howe and George Rodney . In 1789 Parry had a property built in the northeast of the city, and he also bought land to devote himself to his lifelong passion, sheep farming. From 1799 to 1817 Parry worked at the General Hospital (later The Royal Mineral Water Hospital ) and at the Casualty Hospital in Bath.
On October 28, 1816, Parry, who was already in poor health, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right side and impaired his ability to speak. He continued to do research until his death. He died on March 9, 1822 and was buried in Bath Abbey.
Caleb Hillier Parry's sons were the doctor Charles Henry Parry (1779-1860), who published his records after his father's death, and the admiral and polar explorer William Edward Parry (1790-1855). The couple had seven other children.
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Parry was interested in many things, so he dealt with the collection of fossils and was one of the founding members of the Geological Society of London in 1807 .
From 1788 to 1793 the Gloucestershire Medical Society , a gathering of country doctors including Parry and Jenner, held regular meetings at the Fleece Inn in Rodborough, near Stroud . In a lecture on angina pectoris in July 1788, Parry presented the basis of his work Inquiry into the Symptoms and Causes of Syncope Anginosa, commonly called Angina Pectoris , published in 1799 , in which he and Jenner used individual cases and their autopsy findings for pathological changes in the coronary arteries ("Ossification") and the aorta and established a connection to the symptoms of angina pectoris.
In 1816 Parry published findings on the arterial pulse , some of which he had obtained in animal experiments; including the conclusion that the arterial pulse is due to the rhythmic contraction of the heart . He also found that compression of the common carotid artery in the area of the carotid sinus leads to a drop in heart rate . This mechanism was later recognized as the carotid sinus reflex . Parry studied the effect of such compression on various diseases.
A collection of medical writings published only three years after Parry's death also identifies him as one of the first to describe Parry-Romberg syndrome , a hemiatrophy of the face. The same publication also contains case reports on Hirschsprung's disease and hyperthyroidism . Parry had already made the first of the eight case reports on hyperthyroidism in 1786, making him one of the first to describe it.
A collection of 900 works of medical literature was given to the Royal United Hospital in Bath by his son after Parry's death , then moved to a community library and donated to Bristol University in 1950 . The collection includes early modern works by William Harvey , Andrew Boordes and Santorio Santorio .
Memberships and honors
In 1898 Parry was awarded the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP). On May 22, 1800 he was elected a member of the Royal Society , not because of his medical research, but because of his success in sheep breeding. Parry was a member of the aforementioned Gloucestershire Medical Society and the Geological Society of London , Bath and West Society, and the short-lived Philosophical Society .
Fonts (selection)
- Proposals for a History of Fossils in Gloucestershire. 1781.
- Inquiry into the Symptoms and Causes of the Syncope Anginosa, commonly called Angina Pectoris. Bath: R. Cruttwell, London: Cadell and Davies, 1799.
- On the effects of compression of the arteries in various diseases and particularly in those of the head. In: Memoirs of the Medical Society of London , 1792; III.
- An Inquiry Into the Symptoms and Causes of the Syncope Anginosa Commonly Called Angina Pectoris, illustrated by Dissections. R. Cruttwell, Bath; Cadell & Davis, London 1799.
- Cases of Tetanus and rabies contagiosa , 1814.
- An Experimental Inquiry into the Nature, Cause and Varieties of the Arterial Pulse. Underwood, London, Bath, 1816. (German translation: Elieser Salomo von Embden: Experimental investigation over the arterial pulse. Hanover, 1817.)
- Elements of Pathology. London, 1815. (also published by his son in 1825 under the title Elements of Pathology and Therapeutics, together with the unfinished second part)
- Collections from the unpublished medical writings of the late Caleb Hillier Parry. Underwoods, London 1825. (With an introductory biography by Parry's son, Charles Henry Parry.)
literature
- Gillian Hull: Caleb Hillier Parry 1755-1822: a notable provincial physician. In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Volume 91, Number 6, June 1998, pp. 335-338, ISSN 0141-0768 . PMID 9771526 . PMC 1296785 (free full text).
- Sholem Glaser: The Spirit of Inquiry: Caleb Hillier Parry MD, Frs (Biography, Letters & Diaries) . Sutton Publishing, 1995. ISBN 0-7509-0998-6 .
- Roger Rolls: Caleb Hillier Parry (1755-1822). The James Lind Library. (accessed on February 7, 2008)
- Andrew Larner: Neurological Contributions of Caleb Hillier Parry. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation. 2004, Vol. 4 (3) ( full text, PDF file ).
- B. Livesley: The resolution of the Heberden-Parry controversy. In: Medical history. Volume 19, Number 2, April 1975, pp. 158-171, ISSN 0025-7273 . PMID 1095859 . PMC 1081625 (free full text).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genealogical representation ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 7, 2008.
- ↑ The minutes of the meetings that take place three times a year and the contributions of the participants are kept in the archive of the Royal College of Physicians (Royal Collage of Physicians (RCP): Archives and Manuscripts ( Memento of October 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), MS 736.)
- ↑ CH Parry: On the effects of compression of the arteries in various diseases, and particularly in those of the head; with hints towards a new mode of treating nervous disorders. Memoirs of the Medical, Society of London 1792; 3: 77-113.
- ↑ CH Parry: On a case of nervous affection cured by pressure of the carotids; with some physiological remarks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1811; 101: 89-95.
- ^ CH Parry: Collections from the unpublished medical writings of the late Caleb Hillier Parry. Underwoods, London 1825. p. 478.
- ↑ Louis J. Acierno: The history of cardiology . Parthenon Pub. Group, London 1994, p. 144. ISBN 1-85070-339-6 .
- ^ Rare book collections - Parry collection
- ^ RWM Wright: Bath Hospital Medical Library , Bulletin of the Victoria Art Gallery and Municipal Library. Bath, No. 7 (1948), p. 225-34.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parry, Caleb Hillier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cirencester |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1822 |
| Place of death | Bath |