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Samuel Wilks was born on 2 June 1824 in Camberwell, London, the second son of Joseph Barber Wilks, a cashier at the East India House.
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Lectures on Pathological Anatomy Delivered at Guy's Hospital by Samuel Wilks (2009-11-24)
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Students of Guy s Hospital to publish some Lectures which I delivered during the summers of 1857-58, on Pathological A natomy, I have at length complied with their request, and now offer this book to their notice. My original design, however, extended no further than to the publication, in the form of a syllabus, of some pathological tables, accompanied by references to certain typical preparations contained in our Museum; but, finding that further explanation appeared necessary, I was induced to send to the press the whole of my lectures, in the exact form in which they were originally delivered. This circumstance will account for any peculiarity which may be observed in their style and arrangement. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Samuel WILKS
Edit ProfileEducation
After attending Aldenham School and University College School he was apprenticed to Richard Prior, a doctor in Newington.
Career
In 1842 he entered Guy"s Hospital to study medicine. After graduating Bachelor of Medicine in 1848 he was hired as a physician to the Surrey Infirmary (1853). In 1856 he returned to Guy"s Hospital, first as assistant physician and curator of its Museum (a post he held for nine years), then as physician and lecturer on Medicine (1857).
From 1866 to 1870 he was Examiner in the Practice of Medicine at the University of London and from 1868 to 1875 Examiner in Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons.
In later life he suffered a stroke and was terminally paraplegic. He died aged 87 at his home in Hampstead on 8 November 1911.
After his death the baronetcy became extinct.
Achievements
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Among his major discoveries, Wilks recognised ulcerative colitis in 1859, differentiating it from bacterial dysentery. His work was confirmed later (1931) by Sir Arthur Hirst. Wilks autopsy of a 42-year-old woman who died after several months of diarrhoea and fever demonstrated a transmural ulcerative inflammation of the colon and terminal ileum. Wilks also firstly described trichorrhexis nodosa (the formation of nodes along the hair shaft), in 1852. The term was proposed in 1876 by Moritz Kaposi (1837–1902), a Hungarian dermatologist. Subsequently, in 1868, he published the characteristic mental symptoms on alcoholic paraplegia (later to be named Korsakoff"s syndrome). Wilks described the first case of myasthenia gravis, in 1877 (it was named "bulbar paralysis" in Guy"s Hospital Reports 22:7). He was a collaborator and biographer of the "Three Great", contemporary physicians who worked at Guy"s Hospital, Doctor Thomas Addison, the discoverer of Addison"s disease, Doctor Richard Bright, discoverer of Bright"s disease and Doctor Thomas Hodgkin, discoverer of Hodgkin"s lymphoma. After the death of Addison in 1860, he carried out the job of examining specimens from all over the country in order to confirm the diagnosis of Addison"s disease and thus was able to amass a large case archive. He also rediscovered and confirmed the existence of Hodgkin"s lymphoma, at the same time recognizing Hodgkin"s priority and proposing the eponym. Among his many services and honors, Wilks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1870. Was President of the Pathological Society (1881–1882). President of the Neurological Society (1887). Member of the Senate of the University of London (1887–1900). Member of the General Medicine Council (1887–1896) and President of the Royal College of Physicians (1896–1899). He was named Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria in 1897. The following year he was created a baronet, of Grosvenor Street in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square in the County of London.
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Lectures on Pathological Anatomy Delivered at Guy's Hospital During the Summer Sessions of 1857, 1858 (Classic Reprint)
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Lectures On Diseases of the Nervous System
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Lectures On Pathological Anatomy: Delivered at Guy's Hospital During the Summer Sessions of 1857, 1858
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Lectures On Diseases Of The Nervous System Delivered At Guy's Hospital
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Lectures On Diseases of the Nervous System
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Lectures on diseases of the nervous system 1878 Hardcover
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Lectures on Pathological Anatomy Delivered at Guy's Hospital During the Summer Sessions of 1857, 1858 (Classic Reprint)
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Royal Society]
Among his many services and honors, Wilks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1870. Was President of the Pathological Society (1881–1882). President of the Neurological Society (1887).
Member of the Senate of the University of London (1887–1900).
Member of the General Medicine Council (1887–1896) and President of the Royal College of Physicians (1896–1899).
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