Theophil Mitchell Prudden
Theophil Mitchell Prudden (born July 7, 1849 in Middlebury (Connecticut) , † April 10, 1924 in New York City ) was an American pathologist and bacteriologist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons .
Prudden began in 1869 in preparation for the study of medicine studying biology at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut . After the bachelor in 1872 he moved to the Yale Medical School and earned a 1875 MD as a conclusion. He initially worked as an assistant doctor at New Haven Hospital , but then spent two years in Heidelberg with Julius Arnold and in Vienna with Salomon Stricker , where he dealt with inflammatory changes in cartilage tissue . Back in the United States, Prudden could not find a full-time position in pathology , first opened a doctor's office in New Haven and also accepted a teaching position in histology at Yale University.
In 1876 Prudden took on a position as assistant and laboratory manager under Francis Delafield at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York . In 1885 he went to Germany again to be trained in the new field of bacteriology with Ferdinand Hueppe in Wiesbaden and Robert Koch in Berlin . Then Prudden set up the first bacteriological laboratory in New York. Here he was able to make important contributions to research into tuberculosis and diphtheria . In 1892 Prudden received a professorship in pathology at Columbia University when the College of Physicians and Surgeons was assigned to Columbia University. He was on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University ). In 1909 Prudden retired , but remained scientifically active and published on public health issues and popular scientific writings on infectious diseases.
Prudden's Hand-book of Pathological Anatomy and Histology 1885 (later Textbook of Pathology, etc. ) had 14 editions by 1927. In addition to pathology and bacteriology, Prudden also dealt with the paleontology and archeology of America. Together with Othniel Charles Marsh , he looked for fossils in Nebraska or visited prehistoric sites in Colorado , Utah , Arizona and New Mexico over several summers , where he was able to make a significant contribution to the research of basketmakers in the region of the San Juan Mountains . He also built an important collection of prehistoric pottery .
In 1897 Prudden received an honorary doctorate from Yale University . In 1901 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences , in 1904 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Prudden remained a bachelor.
literature
- Ludvig Hectoen: Biographical Memoir of Theophil Mitchell Prudden . In: National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs 12, 1929, pp. 73-98 ( digitized version ).
- Wood FC: Theophil Mitchell Prudden In: Dictionary of American Biography Vol. 8, 1, 1935, pp. 252-253.
- S. Jarcho: The anthropological writings of Theophil Mitchell Prudden (1849-1924) . In: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 46, 3, 1970, pp. 194-196, PMC 1749673 (free full text).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ T. Mitchell Prudden. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved March 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 689 kB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved March 19, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prudden, Theophil Mitchell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prudden, Mitchell; Prudden, T. Mitchell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pathologist and bacteriologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middlebury, Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1924 |
| Place of death | New York City |