Lecturer on the Practice of Physic and on Clinical Medicine; pathologist to the Royal Infirmary

John Hughes Bennett

Royal Infirmary

Listed in the byline of the 1845 article as Lecturer on the Practice of Physic and on Clinical Medicine and Pathologist to the Royal Infirmary. He carried out the post-mortem and microscopic examination of the second case in the article. Kampen (2012) states that he named the disease leucocythemia in 1845.

Milestones

1845 1845: Early case reports later recognised as leukemia

Sources

Craigie D (case 1), Bennett JH (case 2). Two cases of disease and enlargement of the spleen, in which death took place from the presence of purulent matter in the blood. Edinb Med Surg J. 1845;64(165):400-423.
PubMed
Kampen KR. The discovery and early understanding of leukemia. Leuk Res. 2012;36(1):6-13.
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