Thomas Hodgkin

Thomas Hodgkin ( born August 17, 1798 in Pentonville (London, England); † April 5, 1866 in Jaffa, Palestine at that time ) was a British physician and pathologist. According to him, Hodgkin's disease ( Hodgkin's Disease) or Hodgkin's disease is named, which he first described in 1832.

Thomas Hodgkin was a practicing Quaker with a deep religiosity, which had an impact on his medical work. He felt obliged not only to the medical profession, but devoted himself to social reforms and education. He was an important figure of his time in the light of social and medical changes in 19th-century England.

In January 1832, he published an article entitled "on the morbid appearances of the adsorbent Glands and Spleen ". In this publication, he describes several cases of a disease that affects the lymphatic system. Since then, this disease bears his name.

1837 was Hodgkin co-founder of the Aborigines ' Protection Society, which was dedicated to the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in the British Empire.

Hodgkin died of dysentery in 1866 while on a trip, when he accompanied the Anglo- Jewish businessman and philanthropist Moses Montefiore in the Holy Land.

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