John T. Bowen

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John T. Bowen

John Templeton Bowen (born July 8, 1857 in Boston , USA; † December 30, 1940 there ) was a professor of dermatology and taught at the Massachusetts General Hospital . He was considered a good clinician with a particular interest in histopathology , but was a rather withdrawn person who rarely published. A precancerous disease of the spinocellular carcinoma of the skin is named after him ( Bowen's disease ).