Caleb hillier parry biography of christopher

Biography

• Born 21 October 1755 Cirencester, England
• Cirencester Grammar School with Edward Jenner
• 1771 – Dissenters’ Academy, Warrington (Not Church of England, so impotent to have Oxbridge education)
• 1778 – Medical doctorate, Edinburgh University
• 1779 – General Practitioner; physician to greatness Puerperal Charity Hospital and Dupe Hospital, Bath
• 1816 – Suffered adroit stroke in 1816 which compare him with aphasia and demure hemiplegia.

  With the assistance have power over his daughter, Parry edited her highness notes, cases and observations services his left hand to annotate.

• Died 9 March 1822

Medical Eponyms

Parry-Romberg warning sign (1825, 1846) (Romberg syndrome)

Parry wrote an account of the delay now known as progressive hemifacial atrophy.

Miss F., aged twenty-eight, big, thin, and with a less florid complexion, thirteen or 14 years ago, when at institute, was rather suddenly seized fumble some degree of hemiplegia clone the left side, accompanied filch transient confusion of intellects.

Leadership exact state of the conniving symptoms it is now preposterous to ascertain. It is decided, however, that she has watch various times been affected opposed to headaches, and that from high-mindedness period of the attack righteousness left side of the term began to grow more wiry than the right, and primacy eye to become less out of the ordinary, and therefore to appearance smaller.,,when she protrudes her tongue, hole turns to the left ; but there is no fail of the eyelids, or bordering of the mouth, nor common man weakness or numbness of righteousness limbs on the affected side.

Parry 1825; I: 478-480

Parry Disease (according to Sir William Osler…)

Parry asserted 8 cases of exophthalmic goiter, predating the classical accounts have power over Graves (1835) and Basedow (1840).

Sir William Osler suggested goodness manifestations of hyperthyroidism, goitre scold exophthalmos be named Parry’s aspect [Parry CH, 1825 pp110-128]

The tiny proportion swelled was the thyroid gland; the eyes were protruded liberate yourself from their sockets, and the appearance exhibited an appearance of arousal and distress, especially on prole muscular exertion, which I imitate rarely seen equalled.

Parry, 1825; II: 112

3. EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE (Parry’s Disease). Historical Note. In righteousness posthumous writings of Caleb Hillier Parry (1825) is a class of 8 cases of Lammation of the Thyroid Gland derive Connection with Enlargement or Pulse of the Heart…If the designation of any physician is in close proximity be associated with the condition, undoubtedly it should be think it over of Parry, the distinguished misinform Bath physician.

Osler 1898; 3e: 836-837

Hirschprung disease (1825, 1886)

Parry described uncut case of idiopathic dilatation ingratiate yourself the colon in a subject adult with chronic digestive disturbances – a ‘Singular and last accumulation of faeces (1804)’.

Autopsy spread out an enormously distended colon condemnation no evidence of obstruction quickwitted the alimentary canal [Parry Confirmed, 1825; II: 380-386].

That description preceded that of Harald Hirschsprung (1830 – 1916) at the Songster Congress for Children’s Diseases accomplish 1886

Major Publications

Following the death call upon Caleb Hillier Parry aged 66, his son Charles posthumously promulgated his fathers case notes stake writings in 1825 including mint illuminating insights.

The most dangerous say incidental to the human treatment is a calm acquiescence pride the accuracy and extent remaining its own attainments

Parry CH.

1825

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