Bruce Chown
Henry Bruce Chown ( born November 10, 1893 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, † July 3, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia) was a Canadian hematologist and pediatrician.
Life
Chowns father was the surgeon and Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Manitoba Henry H. Chown. Bruce Chown acquired in 1914 at McGill University in Montreal, a bachelor. In World War I he served as an officer of artillery, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. 1922 acquired Chown at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg MD as graduation from medical school. At the children's hospital of Columbia University (Babies ' Hospital, New York City, 1922-1923 ), Johns Hopkins University ( Harriet Lane Home, Baltimore, 1923-1924 ) and Cornell University ( Nursery and Child's Hopital, New York City, 1925-1926 ), he received his training as a pediatrician. He then worked as a pathologist at Children's Hospital in Winnipeg ( University of Manitoba ), the medical director, he was from 1949 to 1959. In 1961 he entered early retirement to devote himself entirely to research. Chown 1944 founded the Winnipeg Rh Laboratory, which he directed until 1972.
1922 Chown married Gladys Webb ( † 1948). The couple had four children. His second wife he married in 1949 Allison Grant, with whom he had a child.
Work
At the beginning of his career, Chown dealt mainly with the calcium and phosphate metabolism. He is regarded as the first to hypophosphatasia.
Could Chown valuable contributions to the understanding of the human blood groups afford, especially for the detection, treatment and prevention of hemolytic disease of the newborn, who was responsible for ten percent of perinatal mortality in Canada in the 1940s. He was considered a leading figure in the clinical immunohematology.
Together with the company Connaught Laboratories developed Chown an immune serum for the prevention of rhesus incompatibility. He established the exchange transfusion for treatment of neonatal jaundice and bilirubin encephalopathy ( kernicterus ) and early delivery for the prevention of stillbirth.
With its long standing staff member Marion Lewis Chown visited Canadian Indians and Inuit and made important contributions to anthropology.
Chown contributed significantly to the improvement of clinical standards and medical training at Children's Hospital in Winnipeg.