James Ramsay Hunt
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James Ramsay Hunt was an American neurologist.
He graduated M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1893. He then studied in Paris
, Vienna
, and Berlin
and returned to practise neurology
in New York
, working at Cornell University
Medical School from 1900 - 1910 with Charles Loomis Dana. He did major research on the anatomy
and disorders of the corpus striatum and the extrapyramidal system
. He was consulting physician at several New York hospitals and was appointed professor of neurology at Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1924.
During World War I
, he was a Lieutenant and later a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Medical Corps
, serving in France as director of neuropsychiatry.
Hunt described three discrete syndromes, the best known of which is herpes zoster oticus, also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2.
Hunt married Chicago
an Alice St. John Nolan, by whom he had James Ramsay Hunt Jr. and Alice St. John Hunt.
He graduated M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1893. He then studied in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and returned to practise neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, working at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
Medical School from 1900 - 1910 with Charles Loomis Dana. He did major research on the anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
and disorders of the corpus striatum and the extrapyramidal system
Extrapyramidal system
In human anatomy, the extrapyramidal system is a neural network located in the brain that is part of the motor system involved in the coordination of movement. The system is called "extrapyramidal" to distinguish it from the tracts of the motor cortex that reach their targets by traveling through...
. He was consulting physician at several New York hospitals and was appointed professor of neurology at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1924.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he was a Lieutenant and later a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Medical Corps
Medical Corps (United States Army)
The Medical Corps of the U.S. Army is a staff corps of the U.S. Army Medical Department consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an MD or a DO degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license.The MC traces its earliest origins...
, serving in France as director of neuropsychiatry.
Hunt described three discrete syndromes, the best known of which is herpes zoster oticus, also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2.
Hunt married Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
an Alice St. John Nolan, by whom he had James Ramsay Hunt Jr. and Alice St. John Hunt.
Other associated eponyms
- Ramsay Hunt's atrophy: A term for wasting of the small muscles of the hands without sensory loss.
- Ramsay Hunt's zone: A delimitated skin area supplied by the Ganglion geniculi of the Nervus intermediusNervus intermediusThe nervus intermedius, or intermediate nerve, is the part of the facial nerve located between the motor component of the facial nerve and the vestibulocochlear nerve . It contains the sensory and parasympathetic fibers of the facial nerve...
. - Ramsay Hunt's paralysis: A disturbance with symptoms resembling those of parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
.