James Herrick
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| James Herrick | |
 James Herrick
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| Born | August 11, 1861 |
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| Died | March 7, 1954 |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | medicine |
| Known for | sickle-cell disease myocardial infarction |
James Bryan Herrick (August 11, 1861 - March 7, 1954) was as American doctor who is credited with the description of several important phenomena in 20th century medicine.
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[edit] Biography and discoveries
Herrick studied and taught at various Chicago, Illinois hospitals, including Cook County Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital, which would become Rush University Medical Center. After graduating from Rush Medical College, he became professor of medicine there. He was equally interested in humanities: he had a lifelong passion for Geoffrey Chaucer's writings.
His first discovery, in 1904, was that of sickle-shaped red blood cells on the blood film of a medical student from Grenada. The disease he carried would be called sickle-cell disease on the basis of this finding, now known to be highly prevalent in West Africa and various other parts of the world.
Herrick's second finding was the mechanism of myocardial infarction ("heart attack"). He postulated that thrombosis in the coronary artery led to the symptoms and abnormalities of heart attacks. This was published in JAMA in 1912. In 1918 he was one of the first to encourage electrocardiography in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
He is commemorated in an annual award and a memorial lecture.
[edit] References
[edit] Herrick's papers
- Herrick JB. Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia. Arch Intern Med 1910;6:517-21.
- Herrick JB. Clinical features of sudden obstruction of the coronary arteries. JAMA 1912;59:2015-2019. Reproduced in JAMA 1983;250:1757-65. PMID 6350634.
- Herrick JB. Concerning thrombosis of the coronary arteries. Trans Assoc Am Phys 1918;33:408-15.
[edit] About Herrick
- Hammerschmidt DE. About the cover illustration: James Herrick and the description of sickle-cell disease. J Lab Clin Med 2002;139:126.
- Cheng, Tsung O (2002), “James Herrick, sickle cell disease, and the thrombogenic theory of myocardial infarction.”, J. Lab. Clin. Med. 140 (2): 126, 2002 Aug, PMID:12228769, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12228769>
- Hammerschmidt, Dale E (2002), “James Herrick and the description of sickle-cell disease.”, J. Lab. Clin. Med. 139 (2): 126, 2002 Feb, PMID:11926226, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11926226>
- Haller, J O; Berdon, W E & Franke, H (2001), “Sickle cell anemia: the legacy of the patient (Walter Clement Noel), the interne (Ernest Irons), and the attending physician (James Herrick) and the facts of its discovery.”, Pediatric radiology 31 (12): 889-90, 2001 Dec, PMID:11727028, doi:10.1007/s002470100014, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11727028>
- James, T N (2000), “Homage to James B. Herrick: a contemporary look at myocardial infarction and at sickle-cell heart disease: the 32nd Annual Herrick Lecture of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association.”, Circulation 101 (15): 1874-87, 2000 Apr 18, PMID:10769291, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10769291>
- Acierno, L J & Worrell, L T (2000), “James Bryan Herrick.”, Clinical cardiology 23 (3): 230-2, 2000 Mar, PMID:10761818, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10761818>
- Ramanan, S V (1998), “James Bryan Herrick: a man of intellectual muscle.”, Connecticut medicine 62 (10): 601-4, 1998 Oct, PMID:9821724, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9821724>
- Willerson, J T (1994), “James B. Herrick Memorial Lecture.”, Circulation 89 (4): 1875-81, 1994 Apr, PMID:8149552, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8149552>
- Sobel, B E (1993), “The structure of cardiological revolutions. James B. Herrick Lecture.”, Circulation 87 (6): 2047-54, 1993 Jun, PMID:8504520, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8504520>
- Hakulinen, E (1990), “[The man behind the syndrome. James B Herrick: the discoverer of sickle cell anemia. His first case report received scant interest--only in the 1950's was the role of "moon-crescent" shape considered]”, Lakartidningen 87 (13): 1061-2, 1990 Mar 28, PMID:2181218, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2181218>
- Breathnach, C S (1985), “Biographical sketches--53. Herrick.”, Irish medical journal 78 (6): 173, 1985 Jun, PMID:3891680, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3891680>
- Herrick, J B (1983), “Landmark article (JAMA 1912). Clinical features of sudden obstruction of the coronary arteries. By James B. Herrick.”, JAMA 250 (13): 1757-65, 1983 Oct 7, PMID:6350634, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6350634>
- Ross, R S (1983), “A parlous state of storm and stress. The life and times of James B. Herrick.”, Circulation 67 (5): 955-9, 1983 May, PMID:6339113, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6339113>
- Rhoads, P S, “James B. Herrick, M.D. Born August 11, 1861--Died March 7, 1954.”, The Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago 35 (1): 3-6, PMID:7043453, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7043453>
- Harvey, A M (1980), “Classics for clinical science: from horse and buggy doctor to clinical investigator: the story of James Bryan Herrick.”, Am. J. Med. 68 (5): 639-41, 1980 May, PMID:6990757, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6990757>
- Burchell, H B (1973), “The relevance of irrelevance. Remarks on receiving the James B. Herrick Award, American Heart Association.”, Circulation 47 (3 Suppl): I1-6, 1973 Mar, PMID:4571061, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4571061>
- “JAMES B. HERRICK (1861-1954).”, JAMA 186: 722-3, 1963, 1963 Nov 16, PMID:14053375, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14053375>
- SIEGEL, R (1958), “The man who discovered coronary thrombosis; James Brain Herrick, 1861-1954.”, The Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey 55 (5): 201-4, 1958 May, PMID:13525932, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13525932>
- IRONS, E E (1954), “James Bryan Herrick, 1861-1954.”, Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians 67: 15-9, 1954, PMID:13216803, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13216803>
[edit] External links
- Biography at whonamedit.com
