Burrill Bernard Crohn

Burrill Bernard Crohn ( born June 13, 1884 in New York City; † July 29, 1983 in Connecticut ) was a physician and the Zweitbeschreiber of Crohn's disease.

Disease was the grandson of Jewish immigrants who immigrated to the United States after the revolution of 1848 in Germany and had eleven brothers and sisters. His father was a petroleum dealer. His upbringing was strict and characterized by a very orthodox life. Only the study of medicine at Columbia University allowed him to break away from the traditions. In 1907 he received his doctorate of medicine.

A first job as a junior doctor he received at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, four years later, he settled as a general practitioner, but always worked in parallel scientific further at Mt Sinai Hospital. His research led him to the field of gastroenterology, which was then at most of the surgical side had recognition. His investigations were heretical, because it showed that the surgical intervention in duodenal ulcer gave no relief. Almost by chance he was able to present these results in 1916 at a convention in Atlantic City and quickly became a recognized specialist in this field.

Disease described in 1925 for the first time a case where an ulcerative colitis degenerate into cancer.

About the tissue examinations after surgery for ulcerative colitis Crohn finally discovered the regional ileitis, or terminal ileitis, nowadays usually called Crohn's disease. The disease had been described in 1904 by Polish surgeon Antoni Leśniowski ( 1867-1940 ). After his 1932 Zweitbeschreibeung disease became so worldwide recognition.

It was not until 91 years ended Burrill B. Crohn, who had by then long since become world famous, his work as a general practitioner.

• GP
• Physician ( 20th century )
• Americans
• Born in 1884
• Died in 1983
• Man