Thomas Hodgkin (* 17 August 1798 in Pentonville; "† 5 April 1866 in Jaffa, at that time Palestina) was a British physician and pathologist. After it the Hodgkin illness (Hodgkin's disease) or Lymphogranulomatose is designated, which it described for the first time 1832.

Thomas Hodgkin was practicing with a deep which became apparent in its work. It felt obligated not only the occupation of physician, but dedicated themselves to also social reforms and the It was one of the most important humanitarian personalities of its time before the background of the social and medical changes in the England 19." Century.

In January 1832 it published an article with the title "on the morbid appearances OF the Adsorbent Glands and Spleen ". In this publication it describes different cases of an illness, which concerns the lymphatic system. Since then this illness carries for its names.

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