Thomas Hodgkin

For the British historian, his nephew, see Thomas Hodgkin (historian). For the English Marxist historian, see Thomas Lionel Hodgkin.

Thomas Hodgkin
Born17 August 1798
Pentonville, Middlesex, England
Died5 April 1866(1866-04-05) (aged 67)
Jaffa, Jerusalem Sanjak, Ottoman Palestine
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
FatherJohn Hodgkin
Known forPreventive medicine
First account of Hodgkin's Disease
Scientific career
FieldsPathologist
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Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832.[1] Hodgkin's work marked the beginning of times when a pathologist was actively involved in the clinical process. He was a contemporary of Thomas Addison and Richard Bright at Guy's Hospital in London.

  1. ^ Stone, MJ (October 2005). "Thomas Hodgkin: medical immortal and uncompromising idealist". Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center). 18 (4): 368–375. doi:10.1080/08998280.2005.11928096. PMC 1255947. PMID 16252028.