Rupert Waterhouse
Rupert Waterhouse (born January 15, 1873 in Sheffield , † September 1, 1958 ) was an English doctor . In 1911 he described the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, which is now named after him, as an independent disease.
Life
Rupert Waterhouse went to the Royal United Hospital and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath as a doctor in 1901 . During the First World War he served first as a soldier and later as a medical officer in the Royal Medical Army Corps on Gallipoli , in Egypt and France.
He was a co-founder of the Bath Clinical Society .
literature
- Richard Robertson Trail: Lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London continued to 1965. The College, London, 1968, p. 434.
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| SURNAME | Waterhouse, Rupert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1958 |