Thomas Clifford Allbutt
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| Thomas Clifford Allbutt | |
 Thomas Clifford Allbutt
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| Born | July 20, 1836 Dewsbury, Yorkshire |
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| Died | February 22, 1925 (aged 88) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | medicine |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | clinical thermometer |
Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt (July 20, 1836 – February 22, 1925) was a British physician and inventor of the clinical thermometer.
Born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, he was the son of Thomas Allbutt, Vicar of Dewsbury and Susan Wooler. Sir Thomas had no children.
Allbutt's invention of the clinical thermometer was widely welcomed because, beforehand, patients were required to hold a one-foot-long thermometer in their hands which took about twenty minutes for an acceptable measurement to be taken of their body temperature.
Allbutt became regius professor of physics at the University of Cambridge in 1892 and was knighted in 1907. He died in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire in 1925.
[edit] References
- Pearce, J M S (2003), “Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt.”, J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 74 (10): 1443, 2003 Oct, PMID:14570845, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14570845>
- Keynes, M & Butterfield, J (1993), “Sir Clifford Allbutt: physician and Regius Professor 1892-1925.”, Journal of medical biography 1 (2): 67-75, 1993 May, PMID:11639863, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11639863>
- Schneck, J M (1970), “Tertius Lydgate in Middlemarch and Thomas Clifford Allbutt.”, New York state journal of medicine 70 (9): 1086-90, 1970 May 1, PMID:4914393, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4914393>
- FULTON, J F (1957), “Medicine and the humanities: Linacre and Allbutt.”, Transactions. American College of Cardiology 7: 24-38, 1957 Jan, PMID:13409430, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13409430>
- CHESNEY, A M (1956), “Medicine in the 19th century: T. Clifford Allbutt; explanatory notes.”, Journal of medical education 31 (7 Part 1): 460-8, 1956 Jul, PMID:13332384, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13332384>
[edit] External Links
- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9005775
- http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/74/10/1443
- http://www14.inetba.com/gryphon/item111497.ctlg
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