GULL, Sir William Withey
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On a certain affection of the skin, vitiligoidea: α Plana, β tuberosa.Guy’s Hosp. Rep. 2 ser., 7, 265-76, 1851.In their classic account of xanthoma multiplex, Addison and Gull believed they were describing a new disease, but Rayer had been the first to mention it. (See No. 3989; see also the later paper by Gull, Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1852, 2 ser., 8, 149.) Subjects: DERMATOLOGY › Specific Dermatoses |
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Cases of paraplegia [with autopsies of ataxic cases, showing lesions in the posterior columns of the spinal cord].Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 3 ser., 2, 143-90; 3 ser., 4, 169-216., 1856, 1858.Gull showed the lesions of tabes dorsalis to be located in the posterior columns of the spinal cord. Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System |
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Case of progressive atrophy of the muscles of the hands: enlargement of the ventricle of the cord in the cervical region, with atrophy of the gray matter.Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 8, 244-50, 1862.First description of syringomyelia. Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Degenerative Disorders |
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On the pathology of the morbid state commonly called chronic Bright’s disease with contracted kidney (“arterio-capillary fibrosis”).Med.-chir. Trans., 55, 273-326, 1872.First clear description of arteriosclerotic atrophy of the kidney (“Gull–Sutton disease”), and probably the first description of hypertensive nephrosclerosis. Subjects: NEPHROLOGY › Renal Disease |
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On a cretinoid state supervening in adult life in women.Trans. clin. Soc. Lond., 7, 180-85, 1873 – 1874.Gull was among the first to point out the cause of myxedema, of which the above paper gives a classic description. Gull was associated with Guy’s Hospital, London, for most of his life. Subjects: ENDOCRINOLOGY › Thyroid |
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Anorexia nervosa (apepsia hysterica, anorexia hysterica).Trans. clin. Soc. Lond., 7, 22-28, 1874.Classic description of anorexia nervosa. Subjects: PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHIATRY › Neuroses & Psychoneuroses › Eating Disorders |
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A collection of the published writings. 2 vols.London: New Sydenham Society, 1894 – 1896.Gull, one of the best clinicians of his time, spent most of his working life at Guy’s Hospital. He described the spinal lesion of tabes and left an important account of aneurysm. His best works are his description of myxoedema and his original description of arteriolosclerotic atrophy of the kidney. Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Aneurysms, Collected Works: Opera Omnia, NEPHROLOGY › Renal Disease, NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System |