John Howship
John Howship (* 1781 ; † January 22, 1841 ) was an English physician , surgeon and pathological anatomist .
Life
John Howship was an English surgeon. He was a member of the Council of Surgeons and a lecturer at St George's Hospital Medical School in London . As a surgeon and pathological anatomist, Howship was primarily active in the field of bone research.
In 1833 he held the Hunterian Oration of the Royal College of Surgeons of England .
John Howship was a Fellow of the Royal Society and was born on November 28, 1824 with the academic surname Troy under matriculation no. In 1285 admitted to the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
According to him, are Howship lacunae , surface bulges in the bone matrix , where the remodeling of bone takes place, and together with the German internists, neurologists and neuro pathologist Moritz Heinrich Romberg the Howship Romberg Syndrome named (obturator neuralgia).
Fonts
- Practical Observations in Surgery, and Morbid Anatomy . London 1816 ( digitized version )
- The Hunterian oration delivered in the theater of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, on the fourteenth of February, 1833 . London 1833 ( digitized version )
- Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease . Churchill, London 1840 ( digitized version )
literature
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 257 (archive.org)
- Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach : Howship, John. In: Werner E. Gerabek Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 632
Web links
- Member Post by John Howship at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Literature by and about John Howship in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howship, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Troy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English medic, surgeon and pathological anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1781 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1841 |