Dominic John Corrigan

Dominic John Corrigan

Dominic John Corrigan (born December 1, 1802 in Dublin , Ireland , † February 1, 1880 ibid) was an Irish doctor .

family

He was the second of six children (three sons and three daughters) to John Corrigan and Celia O'Conor, who ran their own small farm outside of Dublin. His father later switched to the more profitable trade in agricultural products.

In 1829 he married Joanna Woodlock, the daughter of a Dublin merchant. From this marriage there were six children (three sons and three daughters).

education and profession

Corrigan was sent to Lay (St. Patrick's) Catholic College of Maynooth, then the best educational institute in Ireland. He completed his medical studies in 1825 at the Scottish University of Edinburgh with a doctorate on the subject of Scrofula . On his return to Dublin he concentrated on practical medical work and teaching. He also worked at Jervis Street Hospital ( Charitable Infirmary ).

His rhetorical talent quickly made him a popular and successful medical teacher. Simultaneously and successively he read at Hargrave School , Digges Street School (1834-1845), Peter Street School and the Richmond Hospital School . From 1831 he was appointed consultant physician at the Catholic College of Maynooth (until 1866) and he taught for a few years as a visiting professor at Cork Street (Fever) Hospital . In 1840 Corrigan worked at the major hospitals of the House of Industry (Whitworth Medical and Hardwicke Fever Hospital) .

Corrigan was a member of the Surgical Society (1832), member of the Irish College of Physicians ( MRCPI), co-founder (1836) and President of the Pathological Society, President of the Pharmaceutical Society (1875), five times President of the Irish College of Physicians (1858-1863), Vice-President of Queen's University , corresponding member of the Paris Medical Academy, personal physician to the Queen in Ireland, had honorary doctorates and an extensive private practice.

As a member of Parliament in Dublin (1870–1874) Corrigan campaigned for liberal interests and advocated (as a Catholic ) above all for public Sunday rest , which failed to re-elect. His extraordinary scientific career was greatly encouraged , above all by the regular publication of his work in The Lancet .

power

At the age of 30, Corrigan wrote his famous article on the symptoms of aortic valve insufficiency (Corrigan's pulse, "water hammer pulse") with a strikingly strong pulse - a phenomenon that had already been observed by William Cowper in 1706 and Raymond Vieussens in 1715. In addition to work on heart diseases (aortic valve insufficiency in 1832, angina pectoris in 1837, cirrhosis of the lungs in 1838, pericarditis in 1842), the results of which came mainly from post mortem examinations, Corrigan dealt with febrile diseases ( typhoid or typhoid fever), pyloric stenosis , syphilis , and apoplexy , Bone diseases , scarlet fever , Bright's disease , smallpox disease , with pemphigus , intestinal ulceration and strangulation , anemia , ovarian or liver tumors , arthritis of the hip joint , tuberculous peritonitis , cholera (1866) and copper poisoning . Corrigan published more than 100 scientific papers.

As a member of the government, he was also involved in the public health sector and sought to win over his medical colleagues to treat the numerous febrile patients. He planned the establishment of houses for the mentally ill , served as a national education advisor and advocated equality of creeds in Ireland.

Corrigan was a legend during his lifetime. His memorial is in the hall of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland .

Corrigan eponyms

• Corrigan's pulse Arterial pulse phenomenon ( pulsus celer at altus : lifting, rapid pulse, most noticeable in peripheral arteries), main symptom of aortic regurgitation, the apertus botalli duct or large arteriovenous connections.
• Corrigan breathing Superficial and rapid breathing in febrile patients.
• Corrigan's syndrome Congenital aortic regurgitation.
• Corrigan sign Purple discolored gum line due to the absorption of copper dust in chronic copper poisoning.

Works

• On Permanent Patency of the Mouth of the Aorta, or Inadequacy of the Aortic Valves . Edinburgh Med Surg J 37 (1832) 225
• On Cirrhosis of the Lung . Dubl J Med Sci 13 (1838) 266
• Pericarditis . Dubl J Med Sci 25 (1844) 495, 11 (1851) 199

literature

• Eberhard J. Wormer : Syndromes of cardiology and their creators. Munich 1989, pp. 75-82
• DC Connolly, RJ Mann: Dominic J. Corrigan (1802-1880) and his description of the pericardial knock. Mayo Clin Proc 55 (1980) 771
• JS Doyle: Corrigan on Fever. J Ir Coll Physicians Surg 10 (1980) 44
• J. Fielding: Corrigan on Abdominal Disease. J Ir Coll Physicians Surg 10 (1980) 41
• Eoin O'Brien: Sir Dominic John Corrigan (1802-1880). J Ir Coll Physicians Surg 10 (1980) 11
• Eoin O'Brien The Man behind the Eponym. N Engl J Med 304 (1981) 365
• RAL Agnew: The achievement of Dominic John Corrigan. Med Hist 9 (1965) 230–240 PMC 1033503 (free full text)
• G. Dock: I. Dominic John Corrigan; his place in the development of our knowledge of cardiac disease. II. The waterhammer pulse. Ann Med Hist 6 (1934) 381
• RT Williamson: Sir Dominic John Corrigan. Ann Med Hist 7 (1925) 354

Web links

• Short biography whonamedit engl.