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Perthshire pioneer of anti-inflammatory agents (Thomas John Maclagan).
Stewart WK, Fleming LW.
University Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School,
Dundee.
The achievements of Thomas John Maclagan (1838-1903) include the first specific
use of salicin to cure acute articular rheumatism. He began salicin treatment
in 1874 in Dundee, where he was a medical practitioner from 1869 to 1879.
Maclagan was also the resident medical superintendent at Dundee Royal Infirmary
from 1864-1866, where he was the first in Scotland to make investigative use of
the clinical thermometer during the fever epidemics. From 1879-1903 he
maintained a fashionable practice in London. His contributions to medicine and
in particular to the development of aspirin, once ranked as equivalent to the
achievements of Lister and Simpson, have now largely been forgotten. This
account is a tribute to a life rich in individual endeavour, observation and
effort before the "teamwork" era began.
Publication Types:
Biography
Historical Article
Personal Name as Subject:
Maclagan TJ
PMID: 3327165 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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