Frank Burr Mallory

Frank Burr Mallory ( born November 12, 1862 in Cleveland, † September 27, 1941 ) was an American pathologist and professor of pathology at Harvard University. According to him, the Mallory bodies have been designated.

Life

Mallory was born in 1862 in Cleveland and reached his medical degree in 1890 at the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University. In 1891 he became assistant pathologist at the Boston City Hospital under William Councilman. In 1893 he traveled to Europe to work under Hans Chiari in Prague and Ernst Ziegler ( 1849-1905 ) in Freiburg im Breisgau.

After he returned to Harvard, he became assistant professor in 1896 and 1901, an associate professor of pathology. From 1928 to 1932 he was full professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University.

His contributions to pathology included improvements in techniques and standardization for tissue staining and his book, which he published jointly with James Homer Wright, the standard work in this field was. He also studied the functions of histiocytes and confirmed that the pertussis pathogen that had been discovered by Jules Bordet, the active ingredient was. He also worked on the improvement of tumor classification, in part, to the meningiomas and cirrhosis of the liver.

In 1910 he was president of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and was its Treasurer 1911 1940. He was editor of the Journal of Medical Research in 1923 and then founding editor of the Journal of Pathology from 1925. Both activities he held until 1940. Mallory reached honorary doctorates from Tufts University and from Boston University in 1928 and 1932. Besides, he got 1935 Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians for outstanding achievements in pathology.

At the age of 78 years he died of natural causes. The pathology department of the Boston City Hospital was named after him as well as the Mallory Institute of Pathology.

One of his sons, George Kenneth Mallory, was Professor of Pathology at Boston City Hospital in 1948. His other son Tracy B. Mallory was the subsequent head of pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, sparking James Homer Wright in 1926 from. In addition, he also was in 1951 president of the Association of American pathologist and bacteriologist.