Lionel Smith Beale

Lionel Smith Beale ( born February 5, 1828 in London, † March 28, 1906 ) was a British physician and microscopist. He is considered a pioneer of clinical pathology.

  • 4.1 Literature
  • 4.2 Notes and references

Life and work

Lionel Smith Beale was the only son of Lionel John Beale (1796-1871) and its Frances Smith, nee Sheppard ( 1800-1849 ). He had three sisters, including the artist Sarah Sophia Beale (1837-1920) and the landscape painter Ellen Brooker Beale (married Lloyd, 1831-1900 ). After attending Highgate School Beale was informed by the age of nine until 1844 at the King's College School. From the age of 13 he was also the pharmacist Joseph Ross from Islington in teaching. 1845 Beale began at the medical faculty of King's College London to study and two years later was enrolled at the University of London. For two years he worked as an assistant to Henry Wentworth Acland (1815-1900) at the Anatomical Museum of Christchurch. 1849 Beale received its license from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. For the Board of Health, he supervised in the same year the cholera epidemic in Windsor. From 1850 to 1851 Beale worked as a junior doctor at King's College Hospital, and finally graduated in 1851 Medicinae Baccalaureus.

1852 Beale built near the hospital in Carey Street, a private laboratory in which he taught new methods to the use of microscopy in pathology. The following year he succeeded Robert Bentley Todd at the Department of Physiology at King's College, where in the first two years he shared the duties with Todd's former assistant William Bowman. He held until 1869 this position. In 1859 he married Frances Blakiston († 1892), the only daughter of Reverend Peyton Blakiston ( 1801-1878 ). From 1857 to 1870 Beale published the journal Archives of Medicine. Later he was appointed physician at King's College Hospital and 1876 were as professor of medicine. Both positions had Beale held until his retirement due to illness in 1896. From 1891 to 1904 he worked as a doctor for the Pensions Commutation Board as well as a medical expert for the government. In addition, Beale created numerous opinions for the Clerical and Medical Assurance Company.

Honors and Memberships

Beale was elected in 1856 as Member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow in 1859. 1877 and 1878 he was a member of the council, as well as 1881 and 1882 censor. From 1876 to 1888 Beale was curator of the museum. 1871, the Baly medal he was awarded for his physiological work. 1875 Beale held the Lumleian Lecture.

On June 11, 1857 Beale was accepted as a member of the Royal Society in 1865 and held their Croonian Lecture. 1852 Beale joined the Royal Microscopical Society at. In 1879 and 1880 he was the President, and 1881-1890 Treasurer.

The Beale solution and the Beale cells are named after him.

Writings (selection )

  • The Microscope and Its Application to Clinical Medicine. 1st Edition, Samuel Highley, London, 1854 (online). - 4 editions, the last of 1878 2nd Edition: The Microscope in its Application to Practical Medicine. John Churchill, London 1858 (online).
  • 4th Edition: The Microscope in Medicine. J. & A. Churchill, 1878 (online).
  • 2nd edition, John Churchill, London 1861 ( online).
  • 4th Edition, J. & A. Churchill, London 1868 (online).
  • 5th edition, Harrision, London 1880 ( online).
  • The structure of the simple tissues of the human body. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1862 ( online).
  • 2nd Edition: Disease Germs, Their Nature and Origin. J. & A. Churchill, London 1872 (online).

Journal articles

  • Vitality. In: The Lancet. Band 147-151, 1896-1898. Vitality. In: The Lancet. Volume 147, Number 3782, February 22, 1896, pp. 474-475 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 93201-5 ).
  • Vitality. II Evidences of Vitality. In: The Lancet. Volume 147, Number 3789, April 11, 1896, pp. 985-987 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 39474-6 ).
  • Vitality. III. Changes in Vital Nerve Textures. In: The Lancet. Volume 147, Number 3798, June 13, 1896, pp. 1634-1635 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 64036-4 ).
  • Vitality. IV Changes in Vital Nerve Textures. In: The Lancet. Volume 148, Number 3809, August 29, 1896, pp. 598-599 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 75054-4 ).
  • Vitality. V. Changes in Vital Nerve Textures. In: The Lancet. Volume 148, Number 3816, October 17, 1896, p 1068 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 42968-0 ).
  • Vitality. VI. Changes in Vital Nerve Textures ( continued). In: The Lancet. Volume 149, Number 3830, January 23, 1897, pp. 233-235 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 95657-0 ).
  • Vitality. VII The Interstitial Circulation in all Living Things. - Its Dependence on Vitality. In: The Lancet. Volume 150, Number 3857, July 31, 1897, pp. 250-251 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (00) 31409 -X).
  • Vitality. VIII The Interstitial Circulation in all Living Things ( continued). In: The Lancet. Volume 150, Number 3862, September 4, 1897 pp. 596-598 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (00) 31117-5 ).
  • Vitality. IX. The Interstitial Circulation in all Living Things ( continued). In: The Lancet. Volume 150, Number 3872, November 13, 1897, pp. 1238-1240 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (00) 46554-2 ).
  • Vitality. X. The Interstitial Circulation in all Living Things ( continued). In: The Lancet. Volume 151, Number 3881, January 15, 1898, pp. 150-152 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 94656-2 ).
  • Vitality. On appeal, in Apology, and a Challenge Addressed to Brother Practitioners. In: The Lancet. Band 151-152, 1898. Vitality. On appeal, in Apology, and a Challenge Addressed to Brother Practitioners. In: The Lancet. Volume 151, Number 3894, April 16, 1898, pp. 1048-1050 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 76727 -X).
  • Vitality. On appeal, in Apology, and a Challenge Addressed to Brother Practitioners ( Continued from page 1050). In: The Lancet. Volume 151, Number 3902, June 11, 1898, pp. 1613-1615 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 78251-7 ).
  • Vitality. On appeal, in Apology, and a Challenge Addressed to Brother Practitioners ( Continued from page 1613, June 11th ). In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3907, July 16, 1898, pp. 140-144 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 98025-0 ).
  • Vitality. On appeal, in Apology, and a Challenge Addressed to Brother Practitioners. Bioplasm. ( Continued from page 144, July 16th ). In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3911, August 13, 1898, pp. 405-407 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 99581-9 ).
  • Vitality. On appeal, in Apology, and a Challenge Addressed to Brother Practitioners. ( Concluded from page 407 August 13th ) The inner life of the Bioplasm. In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3913, August 27, 1898, pp. 539-545 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 81863-8 ).
  • Answers to readers' letters in response to the Vitality articles Vitality. [In reply to Dr. Harry Campbell's letter to THE Lancet of July 16th. ] In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3915, September 10, 1898, pp. 714-715 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 81620-2 ).
  • " Vitality". In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3920, October 15, 1898, pp. 1020-1021 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 82332-1 ).
  • " Vitality". In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3921, October 22, 1898, pp. 1086-1087 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 82948-2 ).
  • " Vitality". In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3922, October 29, 1898, pp. 1158-1159 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 82810-5 ).
  • " Vitality". In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3925, November 19, 1898, p 1364 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 84487-1 ).
  • " Vitality". In: The Lancet. Volume 152, Number 3930, December 24, 1898, pp. 1733-1734 ( doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 85766-4 ).

Evidence

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