William Anderson (medic)

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William Anderson

William Anderson FRCS , MRCS , LRCP (born December 18, 1842 in Shoreditch / London , † October 27, 1900 in London) was a British surgeon , professor of anatomy and an important collector of Japanese art .

Career and work

After attending the City of London School, Anderson first went to Aberdeen to study medicine and then to the Lambeth School of Art in London. In 1964 he worked at London's St Thomas' Hospital under Sir John Simon and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark . In 1873 he became professor of anatomy and surgery at the Imperial Naval Medical College in Tokyo. In 1880 Anderson went back to London, where he became an assistant surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital and a senior lecturer in anatomy. In 1891 he became chief surgeon and Hunterian professor of surgery and pathology, as well as professor of anatomy at the Royal Academy.

During his tenure, Anderson began building a collection of Japanese art that consisted of pictures, engravings , etchings, and illustrated books. He later sold the collection to the British Museum . It was one of the best collections of Japanese art in Europe at the time.

In 1898, Anderson first described a patient with angiokeratomas caused by an apparently previously unknown disease. It was published in the same year as that of Johannes Fabry , who described a patient with the same disease. The disease is now called Fabry's disease or, after both of the first names, Fabry-Anderson disease .

Anderson was married to Margaret Hall since 1873. With her he had a son and a daughter. On October 27, 1900, he died of a tendon thread rupture ( rupture of a chordae tendineae of the mitral valve of the heart ).

Publications (selection)

  • W. Anderson, Aiko Mabuchi: The Pictorial Arts of Japan. New edition, 2008, ISBN 4-861-66028-9
  • W. Anderson: The Deformities of the Fingers and Toes. New edition, Nabu Press, 2010, ISBN 1-177-93480-9

further reading

  • P. Beighton, G. Beighton: The man behind the syndrome. Springer-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 0-387-16218-6 , p. 53f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Anderson, William (1842–1900) The Royal College of Surgeons of England, October 2, 2009
  2. ↑ W. Anderson: A case of "Angeio-keratoma". In: Br J Dermatol Volume 10, 1898, pp. 113-117. doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-2133.1898.tb16317.x
  3. ↑ J. Fabry: A contribution to the knowledge of the purpura haemorrhagica nodularis (Purpura papulosa haemorrhagica Hebrae). In: Archive for Dermatology and Syphilis Volume 42, 1898, pp. 187-200.

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personal data
SURNAME Anderson, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British surgeon, anatomist and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Shoreditch , London
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1900
Place of death London