John Dalrymple
John Dalrymple (* 1803 in Norwich , † May 2, 1852 in London ) was an English ophthalmologist . He studied at the University of Edinburgh , where he graduated in 1827. In the same year he settled in London as an ophthalmologist and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons . From 1832 he worked at the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital , where he completed his training as a surgeon in 1843. In 1850 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society . He died in 1852, just weeks after his monograph on the pathology of the eye was published.
The Dalrymple sign is named after John Dalrymple , a symptom of endocrine orbitopathy in which the dermis of the eye ( sclera ) is visible over the upper edge of the cornea due to an excessively enlarged eyelid gap.
Dalrymple wrote one of the first publications on multiple myeloma , where he carried out histological ( histological ) examinations of an affected patient with a microscope and described myeloma cells for the first time.
Publications
- The anatomy of the human eye. London, 1834.
- Pathology of the human eye. London, 1852.
literature
- RR James: British Masters of ophthalmology series: 17. John Dalrymple, FRS, 1803-1852. In: The British journal of ophthalmology. Volume 10, Number 5, May 1926, pp. Nil2-n247, ISSN 0007-1161 . PMID 18168553 . PMC 513115 (free full text).
Web links
- John Dalrymple at whonamedit.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dalrymple, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English ophthalmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1852 |
| Place of death | London |