Thomas Stephen Cullen

Thomas Stephen Cullen (born November 20, 1868 in Bridgewater, Ontario , Canada, † March 4, 1953 ) was a Canadian-American gynecologist . The Cullen sign , which occurs in a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), is named after him .

Thomas Stephen Cullen, son of a minister, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1890 . In 1891 he became assistant to gynecologist Howard Atwood Kelly at Johns Hopkins Hospital . In 1893 he traveled to Göttingen for a research stay in Johannes Orth's laboratory . At Johns Hopkins University he worked in gynecological pathology, where he was appointed professor in 1900.

bibliography

Cancer of the uterus. Its pathology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment. Also the pathology of diseases of the endometrium. Appleton, New York NY 1900, ( digitized ).
Adeno-fibroids of the uterus. Hirschwald, Berlin 1903, ( digitized version ).
Adenomyoma of the uterus. Saunders, Philadelphia PA et al. 1908, ( digitized ).
Myomata of the uterus. Saunders, Philadelphia PA et al. 1909, ( digitized ).
Embryology, anatomy, and diseases of the umbilicus together with diseases of the urachus. Saunders, Philadelphia PA et al. 1916, ( digitized ).
Early medicine in Maryland. Self-published, Baltimore MD 1927.

personal data
SURNAME	Cullen, Thomas Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian-American gynecologist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bridgewater, Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH	March 4th 1953