William Gibson Spiller

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William Gibson Spiller (born September 13, 1863 in Baltimore , Maryland , † March 19, 1940 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American neurologist and neuropathologist .

Life

Spiller began his medical studies at the Cheltenham Military Academy and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1892 with an American Doctor of Medicine (MD) from. He then went to Europe for further studies, including London, Berlin, Paris and Vienna. He specialized in the field of neurology. He worked with personalities such as Heinrich Obersteiner , Ludwig Edinger , Otto Marburg , Joseph Jules Dejerine and William Richard Gowers . In 1896 Spiller returned to Pennsylvania. At the turn of the century Spiller became chief physician of the neurological department of the Philadelphia Polyclinic Hospital and from 1910 Spiller also had his own practice. From 1915 to 1932 he was Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania as the successor to Charles Karsner Mills (1845-1930). In total, Spiller published at least 250 scientific articles.

Memberships

Spiller was a member of the American Neurological Association and in 1906 its president, member and chairman of the Philadelphia Neurological Society and a member of the American Association of Neuropathologists , the American Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases , the German Society for Neurology , and the Société de Neurologie de Paris , the Association for Psychiatry and Neurology in Vienna and the Société Estonienne de Neurologie .

Eponyms

Several eponyms include the last name in honor of Spiller. These include the Spiller syndrome , the Dejerine-Spiller syndrome and an operation method that is also named after him, the Spiller-Frazier operation .

literature

  • Spiller, William Gibson . Bull NY Acad Med. 1940 October; 16 (10): 655, PMC 1911572 (free full text)
  • JW McConell: William Gibson Spiller, MD 1863-1940 . In: Arch Neurol Psychiatry, Jul 1940; 44: 175-179, PDF version

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c William Gibson Spiller. Whonamedit, accessed June 8, 2014 .
  2. ^ JW McConell: William Gibson Spiller, MD 1863-1940 . In: Arch Neurol Psychiatry, Jul 1940; 44: 175-179. PDF version
  3. ↑ M. Krasnianski et al. a .: Classic alternating medulla oblongata syndromes. In: Advances in Neurology - Psychiatry. 71, 2003, pp. 397-405, doi: 10.1055 / s-2003-41192 .
personal data
SURNAME Spiller, William Gibson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American neurologist and neuropathologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1940
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania