William Miller Ord | |
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Born | September 23, 1834 |
Died | May 14, 1902 | (aged 67)
Education | St Thomas' Hospital, London University |
Years active | 1852-1902 |
Known for | describing Ord's thyroiditis |
Medical career | |
Profession | surgeon |
Institutions | Royal College of Surgeons of England |
Research | gout |
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William Miller Ord, FRCP (23 September 1834 – 14 May 1902) was a British medical scientist. He was a surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital in London, where he worked for 50 years. [1] [2]
Ord was born in 1834, the son of George Ord, MRCS, a surgeon who practiced in Brixton. He received his medical education at St Thomas' Hospital, where he entered in 1852, and at London University. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1855, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1869 (later elected a Fellow in 1875). [3]
At St. Thomas′, he was successively surgical registrar, house surgeon, lecturer in comparative anatomy, lecturer in physiology, assistant physician lecturer in medicine, and physician. He was also elected Dean of the Medical School. [3]
In 1879 he described Ord's thyroiditis. [4]
He was an active member of the Medical Society of London, and was president of the society in 1885. [3]
Ord died at The Hall, in Salisbury, residence of his son, on 14 May 1902. [3]
William Miller Ord | |
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Born | September 23, 1834 |
Died | May 14, 1902 | (aged 67)
Education | St Thomas' Hospital, London University |
Years active | 1852-1902 |
Known for | describing Ord's thyroiditis |
Medical career | |
Profession | surgeon |
Institutions | Royal College of Surgeons of England |
Research | gout |
Signature | |
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William Miller Ord, FRCP (23 September 1834 – 14 May 1902) was a British medical scientist. He was a surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital in London, where he worked for 50 years. [1] [2]
Ord was born in 1834, the son of George Ord, MRCS, a surgeon who practiced in Brixton. He received his medical education at St Thomas' Hospital, where he entered in 1852, and at London University. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1855, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1869 (later elected a Fellow in 1875). [3]
At St. Thomas′, he was successively surgical registrar, house surgeon, lecturer in comparative anatomy, lecturer in physiology, assistant physician lecturer in medicine, and physician. He was also elected Dean of the Medical School. [3]
In 1879 he described Ord's thyroiditis. [4]
He was an active member of the Medical Society of London, and was president of the society in 1885. [3]
Ord died at The Hall, in Salisbury, residence of his son, on 14 May 1902. [3]