Thomas Gibson (* 24 November 1915 in Kilbarchan, Scotland; "† 13 February 1993 in Glasgow, Scotland) was a physician and a researcher, who admit in particular by work to the Organtransplantation, to the Immunologie and to the plastic surgery became.

Training and family

Thomas Gibson visited the school in its place of birth Kilbarchan and in Paisley and studied afterwards medicine at the University of Glasgow. It was married and had with his Mrs. Pat two sons and two daughters.

Activity as a physician

After it had locked its study 1938 with honor, it specialized on the area of the surgery. From 1942 to 1944 it was active in this area as Assistenzarzt in the fire victim station of the royal hospital in Glasgow. Subsequently, it occurred the military service and became a face surgeon in the of the British army. It was first later in Northern Europe and in this function than leading medical officer in India in use. 1947 it left the army in the rank of a major and returned to the royal hospital to Glasgow, this time as specialist and an advisor for plastic and Kieferchirurgie. Also after the transfer of the appropriate department to the Canniesburn hospital in Glasgow 1970 it kept this function and exercised it up to its retirement in the year 1980.

Into the early 1960er years was involved it in the establishment of the department for bio engineer natures in the university by Strathclyde. 1970 it at this department guest professor became, 1972 lent to it the University of an honour doctor title. Likewise 1970 he was selected to the president of the British combination of plastic surgeons. From 1969 to 1979 was besides he editor of the official journal of this combination. Beyond that the honour member of several national and foreign specialized companies one appointed.

Scientific working

Among its scientific achievements the discovery ranks in the year 1942 that the repulsion of allogen transplantierten organs, thus, is based to organs of with the receiver not used donors on an antigen anti-body reaction. This arranged the later Peter Medawar to change from Oxford to Glasgow in order to research together with Gibson to the Immunologie from transplant ions to. Its common publication The fate OF skin homografts in one (journal OF Anatomy, 77/1943, P. 299-310) applies within this range as fundamental work, since it proved for the first time that the repulsion of transplants is based on reactions of the immune system. It published a multiplicity from further work to the Immunologie, for the treatment of burns, to the Onkologie, to the treatment of the palate column and other questions of the face surgery, to the bio mechanics of the skin and the cartilage and for the history of the plastic surgery.

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