Robley Dunglison
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Robley Dunglison was an English physician who moved to America to join the first faculty of the University of Virginia
. He was personal physician to Thomas Jefferson
and considered the "Father of American Physiology".
, England. He studied medicine in London, Edinburgh, and Paris. He obtained his M. D. from the University of Erlangen, Germany, in 1823
In 1824, Thomas Jefferson and the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia commissioned Francis Walker Gilmer to find professors in England for his new University. Gilmer offered the anatomy and medicine professorship to Dunglison.
While at UVA, Dunglison published his landmark text Human Physiology (1832), which established his reputation as the “Father of American Physiology.”
In 1832, Dunglison moved to the University of Maryland
. Three years later Dunglison became Chair of the Institutes of Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence at the Jefferson Medical College (JMC) in Philadelphia, where he spent the rest of his career.
, Dunglison rushed to marry Miss Harriette Leadam. They were married October 4, 1824, and left England for Virginia at the end of month.
), which Waters knew from his travels in Westchester County, New York. Although he had never seen a case, Dunglison included a description of the disease in his 1842 textbook The Practice of Medicine. Waters account of the disease was one of the first to note that the disease is hereditary, "within the third generation at farthest". Another of Dunglison's students at Jefferson, Charles R. Gorman, wrote his thesis on the magrums as well.
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University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
. He was personal physician to Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
and considered the "Father of American Physiology".
Biography
Robley Dunglison was born in Keswick, CumbriaKeswick, Cumbria
Keswick is a market town and civil parish within the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It had a population of 4,984, according to the 2001 census, and is situated just north of Derwent Water, and a short distance from Bassenthwaite Lake, both in the Lake District National Park...
, England. He studied medicine in London, Edinburgh, and Paris. He obtained his M. D. from the University of Erlangen, Germany, in 1823
In 1824, Thomas Jefferson and the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia commissioned Francis Walker Gilmer to find professors in England for his new University. Gilmer offered the anatomy and medicine professorship to Dunglison.
While at UVA, Dunglison published his landmark text Human Physiology (1832), which established his reputation as the “Father of American Physiology.”
In 1832, Dunglison moved to the University of Maryland
University of Maryland
When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
. Three years later Dunglison became Chair of the Institutes of Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence at the Jefferson Medical College (JMC) in Philadelphia, where he spent the rest of his career.
Marriage and children
After receiving an offer to become professor of anatomy and medicine at the University of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, Dunglison rushed to marry Miss Harriette Leadam. They were married October 4, 1824, and left England for Virginia at the end of month.
- Harriette Elizabeth 1825 – 1841
- John Robley 1826 – ?
- a son, born in 1828, died of bronchitis at 11 months
- William Leadam 1832 – ?
- Richard James 1834 – 1901. Received MD at JMC in 1856. Editor of First American Edition of Gray's AnatomyGray's AnatomyGray's Anatomy is an English-language human anatomy textbook originally written by Henry Gray. The book is widely regarded as an extremely influential work on the subject, and has continued to be revised and republished from its initial publication in 1858 to the present day...
in 1859 - Thomas Randolph 1837 – ?
- Emma Mary 1840 –
Huntington's Disease
One of Dunglison's recently graduated students at Jefferson Medical College, Charles Oscar Waters, provided his professor with a description of the "magrums" (a folk name for what is now called Huntington's diseaseHuntington's disease
Huntington's disease, chorea, or disorder , is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to cognitive decline and dementia. It typically becomes noticeable in middle age. HD is the most common genetic cause of abnormal involuntary writhing movements called chorea...
), which Waters knew from his travels in Westchester County, New York. Although he had never seen a case, Dunglison included a description of the disease in his 1842 textbook The Practice of Medicine. Waters account of the disease was one of the first to note that the disease is hereditary, "within the third generation at farthest". Another of Dunglison's students at Jefferson, Charles R. Gorman, wrote his thesis on the magrums as well.
Published works
- 1824 Commentaries on Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels of Children
- 1832 Human Physiology
- 1833 A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature
- 1837 The Medical Student; or, Aids to the Study of Medicine
- 1842 Medical lexicon. A dictionary of medical science
- 1876 A Dictionary of Medical Science...
See also
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- biographyBiographyA biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
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External links
- Flanagan, Dan (1996). Robley Dunglison Collection. Thomas Jefferson University: Philadelphia
- The Microscope of Robley Dunglison. Made by James Smith, London in 1845