Background
Hough was born in Virginia in 1865.
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Hough was born in Virginia in 1865.
In 1886 he received the degree of A. B. from Johns Hopkins University and in 1893, the degree of Ph. D. , his major subject of study being physiology, under Prof. H. Newell Martin.
After obtaining the doctor's degree, he entered at once on the teaching of biology and physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first as instructor, then as assistant professor, being associated with Prof. William T. Sedgwick in the course in biology given at that institution. In 1903 he severed his connection with the Institute of Technology and went to the newly founded Simmons College, where he served as associate professor and later as professor of biology, resigning in 1907 to accept the professorship of physiology at the University of Virginia. While in Boston, Hough in collaboration with Sedgwick published The Human Mechanism (1906), a noteworthy book on physiology, hygiene, and sanitation, which gained wide recognition.
In February 1916, he assumed the duties of the deanship of the department of medicine at the University of Virginia, in addition to his work as professor. During the period of his incumbency as dean, 1916 to 1924, the number of students was doubled, women were admitted to the department for the first time, the faculty was greatly enlarged, and the scope of instruction broadened. Hough made signal contributions to the general subject of medical education, the most conspicuous of which were his studies upon the proposed location of a state-supported medical school in Virginia. His cogent arguments have permanent value in support of the principle that medical education is properly conceived as an integral part of a university scheme, and that its interests are best served under the conditions of close physical association between medical school and university.
Hough was exceedingly well trained in the methods of experimental physiology and, so far as freedom from other duties permitted, he devoted himself to research work in this field. He was especially interested in problems of respiration, and some thoroughly sound work came from his laboratory. Problems connected with hygiene likewise appealed to him and occupied much of his time. His first scientific paper was On the Escape of the Heart from Vagus Inhibition (1895), worked out while he was a graduate student, under the guidance of Martin. He also solved the problem of the physiology of the external intercostal muscles. As stated by his biographer, "his scientific work was not large in volume, but it was admirable in quality" (Howell, post, p. 199).
As a teacher he possessed the power to attract and hold the attention of his students, while as an administrator he had the confidence of his colleagues, his thoroughness and accuracy making him a dependable guide and leader. It was the combination of these several qualities, joined to his sincerity of character and pleasing personality, that gave Hough his standing in the scientific world and made him a force in the field of medical education. Thoroughly scientific, with a keen appreciation of the relative values of the fundamental sciences in medical training and possessing sound judgment and clear vision, he was a safe guide in matters of medical curriculum, and during the later years of his life his energies were devoted largely to furthering the activities of the national conferences on medical education.
He died suddenly in his office at the University of Virginia.
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In 1909 he married Ella Guy Whitehead of Richmond, Va.