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William Thomas Councilman

William Thomas Councilman

American pathologist

William Thomas Councilman (January 1, 1854 – May 26, 1933) was an American pathologist.

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He is remembered for his contribution in a monograph on amoebic dysentery (1891) which described detailed observations of it and its parasite. He is even better known for his work on Yellow Fever. William Thomas Councilman served as the first pathologist-in-chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (PBBH). Councilman had arrived in Harvard Medical School earlier in 1892 and was an expert in the study of amebiasis, diphtheria, smallpox, and yellow fever. His vivid morphologic description of changes seen in the liver of yellow fever lives on today as "Councilman body".

Biography

William Thomas Councilman was born in Pikesville, Maryland on January 1, 1854.[1] He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Maryland in 1878.[2]

In 1916, he went with the Rice Expedition, led by Alexander H. Rice Jr., to the Amazon and Brazil. With Robert Archibald Lambert, he wrote a report and book on the expedition which was published in 1918.[3]

Councilman was an elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[4] the United States National Academy of Sciences,[5] and the American Philosophical Society.[6]

By invitation, two years after his retirement at Harvard, he temporarily joined the staff of the Peking Union Medical College in China.[2]

A gifted horticulturist, Councilman always found time to care for his beautiful garden outside his office.[7]

He died in York Harbor, Maine on May 26, 1933.[1]

Selected works

See also

References

  • Harvey, A M (May 1980). "Amebic dysentery gets its name: the story of William Thomas Councilman". The Johns Hopkins Medical Journal. 146 (5). United States: 185–92, 199–201. ISSN 0021-7263. PMID 6991764.
  1. [1]
    "Dr. Councilman is Dead in Maine". Brooklyn Times-Union. York Harbor, Maine (published May 28, 1933). May 27, 1933. p. 28. Retrieved July 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    Cushing, Harvey, "William Thomas Councilman 1854-1933", Reprinted from Science, June 30, 1933, Vol. 77, No. 2009, pages 613-618
  3. [3]
    Councilman, William Thomas; Lambert, Robert Archibald (1918). The medical report of the Rice expedition to Brazil. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674561502.
  4. [4]
    "William Thomas Councilman". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. February 9, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "William Councilman". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "History of Brigham and Women's Hospital". Brighamandwomens.org. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
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