James Earle Ash

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James Earle Ash , also in the name variants James E. Ash or JE Ash , (born September 8, 1884 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † March 24, 1986 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American pathologist and officer .

Life

Family and education

James Earle Ash, son of William Rambo Ash and his wife Julia Cook, turned to studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania after attending public schools , where he received his doctorate in 1905 as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) . Ash then received his internist training in Philadelphia from 1906 to 1907 at Blockley Hospital, from 1907 to 1909 at the Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Diseases. He then completed a three-year pathology training at the State Hospital for the Insane in Norristown . In 1912 James Earle Ash completed a one-year postgraduate course at the University of Vienna .

James Earle Ash married Marguerite Hal-Brown in April 1914. This connection came from the daughter Signe Caroline and the son James Earle junior. In 1947 he was married to Mary Catherine Udall for the second time. James Earle Ash, who resided in Bethesda , Maryland, died in the spring of 1986 at the old age of 101. He found his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery .

Professional background

On his return to the United States, James Earle Ash followed a call as an instructor in pathology at Harvard Medical School in Boston . Ash, whose research focus at Harvard was on tropical diseases , joined the US Army Medical Corps in 1916. In the following years he served in the Philippines , where his expertise in tropical medicine had a decisive influence on the reactivation of the Army Medical Research Board. The results of his report on the hygienic conditions on the Bataan Peninsula were later incorporated into the US Army's planning concept . After the end of his Ausleind employment in 1924 he was committed to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC , in 1937 he was appointed director. In addition, he was the curator of the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring from 1929 to 1931 and 1937 to 1946 . In 1947, James Earle Ash retired from the US Army Medical Corps with the rank of colonel . He was then appointed Scientific Director of the American Registry of Pathology, the National Research Council, a division of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and in 1949 he resigned from this position. Most recently, James Earle Ash was Professorial Lecturer in Pathology at George Washington University and, until 1961, Chief of Pathology at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.

Memberships

James Earle Ash was a member of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, the Washington Academy of Medicine, the International Association for Dental Research, the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology, the International Association of Medical Museums, the American Medical Association , the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, the American Urological Association, and the Washington State Society of Pathologists.

Honors

James Earle Ash, one of the leading pathologists at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, has received multiple awards in recognition of his special services in his field. He was awarded the Legion of Merit , made an honorary member of the American Dental Society, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. He received further honors through appointments as Honorable Consultant of the Army Medical Library, Honorary Fellow of the American College of Dentists, and Emeritus Fellow of the College of American Pathologists.

Publications

  • Atlas of otolaryngic pathology, prepared at the Army Medical Museum, Office of the Surgeon General, US Army, from material in the Registry of Otolaryngic Pathology, 2d ed., Rev, The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Omaha, Neb., 1939
  • together with Sophie Spitz: Pathology of tropical diseases: an atlas, Saunders, Philadelphia [u. a.], 1945
  • with Nathan B. Friedman: Atlas of genitourinary pathology, American Registry of Pathology, Washington, 1946
  • with James Barto Mann, Henry M. Goldman, Joseph L. Bernier: Atlas of dental and oral pathology, 4th ed., Registry Press, Washington, 1948
  • together with Muriel Raum: An atlas of otolaryngic pathology, American Registry of Pathology, Washington, 1956
  • together with Marcus R. Beck, J. Daniel Wilkes: Tumors of the upper respiratory tract and ear, in: Atlas of tumor pathology; Sect. 4, DC Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathology, Washington, 1964
  • with Chapman H. Binford, Daniel H. Connor: Pathology of tropical and extraordinary diseases, The Institute, Washington, 1976

literature

  • Association of Military Surgeons of the United States: The military surgeon: journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. : volume 99, The Association, Carlisle, Pa., 1946, pp. 363, 369.
  • Texas Medical Association: Texas State journal of medicine. : volume 43, Texas Medical Association, Austin, 1947, p. 341.
  • Institute for Research in Biography (New York, NY): American men of medicine, Institute for Research in Biography, Incorporated, Farmingdale, NY, 1952, p. 54.
  • Who was who in America. : volume VII, 1977-1981 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1981, pp. 18, 19.
  • American Medical Association, College of American Pathologists: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine : volume 109, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1985, p. 382.
  • Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (US): AFIP letter. : volume 148, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 1990, p. 5.
  • Juan Rosai, American Registry of Pathology: Guiding the surgeon's hand: the history of American surgical pathology, American Registry of Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 1997, pp. 77, 182

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personal data
SURNAME Ash, James Earle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ash, James E .; Ash, JE
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pathologist and officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1986
Place of death Bethesda , Maryland