Jonas Kellgren
Jonas "Yonky" H. Kellgren (born September 11, 1911 in Hindhead , Surrey , † February 22, 2002 ) was a British medic . He was the first professor of rheumatology in the UK at the University of Manchester .
Kellgren's father had a medical institute in Sweden and opened a branch in London, but it did not flourish. He died in the 1919 flu epidemic. Kellgren graduated from University College London in 1934 and did research on the nature of pain under Thomas Lewis . By injecting saline solutions, he examined how the body localized pain. As a cardiologist, Lewis was particularly interested in angina pectoris pain and doubted the then common explanation as neuritis .
During World War II he was a surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps in North Africa and Italy. From 1946 he continued his pain research at the Wingfield Morris Hospital in Oxford and was the first director of the Center for Chronic Rheumatism at the University of Manchester from 1947. In this context, he carried out an epidemiological study in Leigh, Lancashire, which provided first estimates of the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in the population. In 1948 he examined osteoarthritis in miners on behalf of the coal industry. He examined ankylosing spondylitis and recommended regular exercise as therapy.
From 1969 to 1972 he was Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester and from 1968 to 1973 Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
In 1961 he received the Canada Gairdner International Award .
He was married twice and had one daughter from his first marriage and four daughters from his second marriage.
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| SURNAME | Kellgren, Jonas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kellgren, Jonas H .; Kellgren, Yonky |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hindhead |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2002 |