Summary
Eli Moschcowitz (2 August 1879 – 23 February 1964)[1] was an American doctor best known for his role in discovering thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), which was originally called "Moschcowitz syndrome".[2] He is also known for having an early role in the development of psychosomatic medicine.[3][4][5]
Eli Moschcowitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1879 Girált, Sáros County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (present-day Giraltovce, Prešov Region, Slovakia) |
| Died | 23 February 1964 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Known for | Discovery of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, Pathology |
| Institutions | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Beth Israel Medical Center Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan) |
Early life edit
Moschcowitz was born to a Jewish family in Girált, Hungary.
Career edit
Moschcowitz received a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He spent much of his career as a pathologist at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, and was later medical director of Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan) and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia.[6][7] He was also a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
In 1925 Moschcowitz described the autopsy pathology of a young female patient who died of a disease that first caused petechiae, pallor, paralysis, and coma.[8] Her blood vessels were largely filled with platelets.[9] Modern reports still occasionally refer to TTP as "Moschcowitz disease" or "Moschcowitz syndrome".[10]
Chess edit
Moschcowitz was a member of the Manhattan Chess Club. When the former world chess champion José Raúl Capablanca collapsed in what would prove to be his fatal stroke, Moschcowitz arranged the ambulance to take him to Mount Sinai Hospital. After Capablanca died the next morning, Moschcowitz was one of the three doctors who performed the full autopsy.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Marcus, Jacob Rader & Daniels, Judith M. (Ed.): The concise dictionary of American Jewish biography. Carlson Publications, Brooklyn (New York) 1994, ISBN 0926019740, p. 449.
- ^ Moake, J. L. (1998). "Moschcowitz, multimers, and metalloprotease". New England Journal of Medicine. 339 (22): 1629–31. doi:10.1056/NEJM199811263392210. PMID 9828253.
- ^ "Psychoanalysis Psychotherapy". Psychoanalysis-and-therapy.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ^ Lorand Alex, Moschcowitz Eli (1934). "A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of the Constitution in Graves' Syndrome". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 79 (2): 136–152. doi:10.1097/00005053-193402000-00002. S2CID 147511588.
- ^ Moschcowitz (1935). "Psychogenic Origin of Organic Diseases". New England Journal of Medicine. 212 (14): 603–611. doi:10.1056/nejm193504042121402.
- ^ "Eli Moschcowitz, internist, is dead"
- ^ http://gematologica.narod.ru/ELI_MOSCHCOWITZ.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ An acute febrile pleiochromic anemia with hyaline thrombosis of terminal arterioles and capillaries: An undescribed disease.Archives of Internal Medicine, Chicago, 1925, 36: 89)
- ^ Moake, J. L. (1998). "Moschcowitz, multimers, and metalloprotease". New England Journal of Medicine. 339 (22): 1629–31. doi:10.1056/NEJM199811263392210. PMID 9828253.
- ^ Search Results for author Moschcowitz E on PubMed.
- ^ Edward Winter, Capablanca's Death, Chess History, last updated 31 August 2015.