William Thomas Councilman
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William Thomas Councilman (January 1, 1854 – May 26, 1933) was an American pathologist.
William Thomas Councilman | |
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Born | (1854-01-01)January 1, 1854 |
Died | May 26, 1933(1933-05-26) (aged 79) York Harbor, Maine |
Alma mater | Medical School of the University of Maryland (1878) |
Known for | work on amoebic dysentery (1891), Councilman body |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pathology |
Doctoral students | S. Burt Wolbach |
He is remembered for his contribution in a monograph on amoebic dysentery (1891) which described detailed observations of it and its parasite. He is even better known for his work on Yellow Fever. William Thomas Councilman served as the first pathologist-in-chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (PBBH). Councilman had arrived in Harvard Medical School earlier in 1892 and was an expert in the study of amebiasis, diphtheria, smallpox, and yellow fever. His vivid morphologic description of changes seen in the liver of yellow fever lives on today as "Councilman body".