Physician at Guy's Hospital, London; author of the 1856 and 1865 papers that led to the name Hodgkin's disease
Samuel Wilks
Guy's Hospital, London
Samuel Wilks was a physician at Guy's Hospital and editor of Guy's Hospital Reports. In his 1865 paper he wrote that his own earlier observations on a disease of enlarged lymphatic glands and spleen, published with lardaceous disease, had been original but that Hodgkin had been first to call attention to it. Stone (2005) writes that the 1865 paper was the first to use the name Hodgkin's disease. Rosenfeld's 1989 abstract records his repeated attempts to credit Hodgkin with priority.
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Wilks S. Cases of enlargement of the lymphatic glands and spleen (or Hodgkin's disease) with remarks. Guy's Hosp Rep. 1865;11:56-67.
Stone MJ. Thomas Hodgkin: medical immortal and uncompromising idealist. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2005;18(4):368-75.
Rosenfeld L. Hodgkin's disease: origin of an eponym--and one that got away. Bull N Y Acad Med. 1989;65(5):618-32.
Reed DM. On the pathological changes in Hodgkin's disease, with especial reference to its relation to tuberculosis. Johns Hopkins Hosp Rep. 1902;10:133-196.