van Gijn Jan, Gijselhart Joost P
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2012;156(15):A4332.
Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), born into a family of Quakers, would remain faithful all his life to the principles and rules of the 'Society of Friends'. He studied pharmacy and medicine in London, Edinburgh and Paris. As curator for the museum of pathological anatomy of Guy's Hospital (1825-1837) he introduced modern, organ-based, medicine in England, together with the clinicians Richard Bright and Thomas Addison. In 1832 Hodgkin reported autopsy findings of seven patients who had shown swollen lymph glands and an enlarged spleen, without evidence of tuberculosis, purulent inflammation or cancer. Later the diagnosis 'Hodgkin's disease' would be restricted to lymphomas with giant, multinucleated Reed-Sternberg cells on microscopic examination. Especially in his later years, Hodgkin devoted much time and effort to the emancipation of oppressed or destitute minorities, especially abroad. He died of dysentery on a journey to Palestine and lies buried in Jaffa.
托马斯·霍奇金（1798 - 1866）出生于一个贵格会家庭，一生都忠实于“公谊会”的原则和规定。他在伦敦、爱丁堡和巴黎学习药学和医学。1825年至1837年，作为盖伊医院病理解剖博物馆的馆长，他与临床医生理查德·布莱特和托马斯·艾迪生一起在英国引入了现代的、基于器官的医学。1832年，霍奇金报告了7例尸检结果，这些患者表现为淋巴结肿大和脾脏肿大，无结核病、脓性炎症或癌症的证据。后来，“霍奇金病”的诊断在显微镜检查中仅限于具有巨大的多核里德 - 斯腾伯格细胞的淋巴瘤。特别是在他晚年，霍奇金投入了大量时间和精力致力于受压迫或贫困少数群体的解放事业，尤其是在国外。他在前往巴勒斯坦的旅途中死于痢疾，葬于雅法。
