James Nooth

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James Nooth (* 1743 in Sturminster Newton ; † December 30, 1814 in Sandgate near Folkestone / England ) was an English surgeon .

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James Nooth came from a medical family. He worked for the medical school a few years in Dorchester before 1790 with his family to Bath in the county of Somerset moved. There he worked as a surgeon at the Bath City Infirmary and Dispensary . Nooth specialized in breast surgery and has collected data on more than 100 cases of breast cancer . Nooth recognized the therapeutic advantage of removing the tumor as early as possible. For palliative therapy, he developed a device with which carbon dioxide was transported directly to the tumor tissue. In this way he was probably able to alleviate the sepsis that occurs in the late stage of carcinomatous ulcers . Nooth found that neither the children, other close relatives, nor the patient's caregivers developed cancer as a result of "contagion". The causes of most diseases were completely unclear at the time; Bacteria and viruses were far from being discovered. To make sure breast cancer is not contagious, Nooth ventured a self-experiment. In 1777 he implanted tumor tissue from patients in his arm several times. In the following days a scab formed and after its removal he found the original wound to be completely healed. No cancer developed with him.

In 1806 he finished his activity in Bath and became personal physician to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn .

Works

  • J. Nooth: Observation on the Treatment of Scirrhus Tumors and Cancers of the Breast. Octavo, 1804, 101 pages

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SURNAME Nooth, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Stormminster Newton
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1814
Place of death Sandgate