James Ramsay Hunt
James Ramsay Hunt | |
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | |
Occupation | Neurologist |
Spouse |
Alice St. John Nolan
(m. 1908) |
Children | 2 |
James Ramsay Hunt (1872 – July 22, 1937) was an American neurologist.[1][2]
Early life and education
James Ramsay Hunt was born in
1920–1934
He served as president of the American Neurologic Association in 1920, the New York Neurologic Society in 1929, the American Psychopathological Society in 1932, and the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disorders in 1934. He was also a founder of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and a member of the Association of American Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions, and the American Medical Association.[4]
World War I
During
Syndromes
Hunt described three discrete syndromes, the best known of which is herpes zoster oticus, also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2.[5][6]
Personal life
He married Chicagoan Alice St. John Nolan in 1908, and was survived by two children, James Ramsay Hunt Jr. and Alice St. John Hunt.[3][4]
Other associated eponyms
- Ramsay Hunt's atrophy: a term for wasting of the small muscles of the hands without sensory loss.
- Ramsay Hunt's zone: a delimited skin area supplied by the nervus intermedius.
- Ramsay Hunt's paralysis: a disturbance with symptoms resembling those of Parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson's disease.
See also
References
- ^ a b Cobb, S.G. (1938). "Obituary - James Ramsay Hunt". Transactions of the Association of American Physicians. 53: 12–13.
- ^ Haruda, Fred; (in Haymaker, W., ed.) (1953). Founders of Neurology. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas. pp. 302–305.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Semi-Centennial Anniversary Volume of the American Neurological Association, 1875–1924. 1924. p. 123. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. James Hunt, 63, Neurologist, Dead - Columbia Medical Professor Since 1910 Internationally Famous in His Field - Wrote Widely on Studies - Consultant to Many Hospitals Here - Aided Army Overseas During World War". New York Times. July 23, 1937. p. 19. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
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- PMID 11459884.