Hutchinson, jonathan

(¤ 1828, † 1913), born in Shelby on July 23, 1828. Medical training in 1848 with Dr. Calib Williams, an apothecary and surgeon in York. Transferred to London in 1849. Further clinical training at St. Bartholomew Hospital. During this time, close acquaintance with James B. Paget, who furthered his career as a surgeon. In 1851 he worked as an ophthalmologist at the London Eye Hospital. After 1854, he operated at St. Bartholomew Hospital. Hutchinson held numerous appointments at London hospitals (venereologist at Lock Hospital, physician at the City of London Chest Hospital, surgeon at the Metropolitan Hospital, dermatologist at Blackfriars Hospital for skin diseases). Hutchinson was extremely creative and original. He published over 1200 medical articles and edited the journal Archives of Surgery quarterly for ten years beginning in 1890. Further, he was for a time the editor of the British Medical Journal. In 1883 Hutchinson retired to Haslemere and devoted himself to building a large museum.

He died in Haslemere on July 26, 1913, surrounded by his family, at the age of 85. First descriptions: Hutchinson's teeth (barrel-shaped dental changes in lues connata); Hutchinson's triad (Hutchinson's teeth, keratitis parenchymatosa, and sensorineural hearing loss); Hutchinson's syndrome (xanthelasma cysticum with hyperpigmentation of the eyelids). In 1886, together with the English physician Hastings Gilford, first description of the clinical picture of Progeria infantilis.

First description of Chilblain's lupus 1888

and 1894 of erythema elevatum diutinum, which was later given this name by Radcliffe Crocker.

1. Hutchinson J (1858) On the means of recognizing the subjects of inherited syphilis in adult live. Med Times Gaz 9: 264-265
2. Hutchinson J (1878) Summer prurigo. Med Times and Gaz 1: 161
3. Hutchinson J (1880) Report of the Pathological Society of London. Arsenic cancer. Brit Med J 2: 1280
4. Hutchinson J (1883) On certain diseases allied to erysipelas. Med Times and Gaz 1: 4
5. Hutchinson J (1888) On two remarkable cases of symmetrical purple congestion of the skin in patches, with induration. Br J Dermatol 1: 10-15
6. Hutchinson J (1890) A peculiar form of serpiginous and infective naevoid disease. Arch Surg1: Plate IX