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| Born | Louis Virgil Hamman December 21, 1877 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1946 (aged 68) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rock Hill College (BS) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (MD) |
| Spouses | Mary Brereton Sharretts
(m. 1906; died 1940)Marian Campbell Bond
(m. 1943) |
| Children | 3 |
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Louis Virgil Hamman (December 21, 1877 – April 28, 1946) was recognized as one of the great clinicians in his time.[1]
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Early life
Louis Virgil Hamman was born on December 21, 1877, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Agatha (née Haseneyer) and John A. Hamman.[2] Hamman graduated from Calvert Hall College High School. He then graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Rock Hill College in 1895.[2] He was graduated M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1901.[2]
Career
Hamman interned at New York Hospital from 1901 to 1902 and served as a resident physician until 1903.[2] Hamman returned in 1903 to his alma mater to practice medicine.[3] Hamman served as an assistant in medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 1903 to 1906. He then served as instructor from 1906 to 1908 and associate in medicine from 1908 to 1915.[3] He was associate professor of clinical medicine from 1915 to 1932.[3] In 1932, he was appointed associate professor of medicine.[3] He become head of the new Phipps Tuberculosis Clinic.[citation needed] He said: "The physician, consciously or otherwise, depends for success in his practice on his abilities as a psychiatrist."[citation needed]
Hamman was assistant visiting physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1908 to 1928. He served as visiting physician from 1928 to his death.[3]
Hamman was elected vice president of the Association of American Physicians in 1939.[3] He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and served as corresponding secretary of the International Anti-Tuberculosis Society.[3]
Personal life
Hamman married Mary Brereton Sharretts in 1906. She died in 1940. He married Marian Campbell Bond in February 1943.[3] He had one son and two daughters, Louis Jr., Mrs. Kenneth Sharretts and Mrs. Franklin Ray.[3]
Hamman died on April 28, 1946, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.[2]
Legacy
Conditions which carry his name: Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome and Hamman-Rich syndrome.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Alan Mason Chesney (1943). The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: 1893–1905. The Johns Hopkins Press. p. 367. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Louis Hamman, of Hopkins, Dies". The Baltimore Sun. 1946-04-29. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dr. Hamman, of J.H.U., Dies". The Baltimore Sun. 1946-04-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
Media related to Louis Hamman at Wikimedia Commons
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