Denis Parsons Burkitt, 28 February 1911 - 23 March 1993

Author:

Epstein Michael Anthony1,Eastwood M. A.2

Affiliation:

1. Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU

2. Gastro-Intestinal Unit, Western General Hospital, Crew Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU

Abstract

Denis Parsons Burkitt was born in Lawnakilla near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, in 1911 and spent his early boyhood there. He graduated M.B. from Trinity College Dublin in 1935, passed the Edinburgh F.R.C.S. examination three years later, and served during the Second World War as a surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in East Africa. On demobilization, Denis joined the Colonial Medical Service and went to Uganda to become what he described as ‘a simple bush surgeon’, but while working there he made observations on a hitherto unrecognized cancer of children which now bears his name, Burkitt’s lymphoma, with profound consequences for human oncology. In 1964, Denis transferred to a new appointment funded by the U.K. Medical Research Council (MRC) to work on geographical pathology in Uganda, but in the aftermath of Ugandan independence he moved his activities to London in 1966 and became interested shortly after this in the effects of diet on disease. As a result, he remained throughout the rest of his life a leading proponent of the importance of dietary fibre in the prevention and treatment of a wide range of human pathologies. Denis Burkitt came from a deeply religious family with a strong tradition of service in the Empire; these influences not only determined the way he lived, but were also responsible for the pattern of his career and, indeed, for the manner in which he made his scientific contributions. He was the elder of two brothers who both became surgeons.

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Medicine

Reference8 articles.

1. Burkitt D. (1979) Don'tforgetfibre in your diet pp. 1-126. Martin Dunitz London.

2. Burkitt D.P. & Trowell H.C. (1975) Refined carbohydrate foods and disease pp. 1-356. Academic Press London and New York.

3. Burkitt D.P. & Wright D.H. (eds) (1970) Burkitt's Iymphoma pp. 1-251. E. and S. Livingstone Edinburgh and London.

4. Epidemiological evidence for causal relationship between Epstein-Barr virus and Burkitt's Iymphoma: results of the Ugandan prospective study, Nature;De Th;Lond.,1978

5. A prototype vaccine to prevent Epstein-Barr virus-associated tumours;Epstein M.A.;Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B,1984

Cited by 10 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

1. Eponyms in Malignant Hematology;Cancer Treatment and Research Communications;2022

2. Brief Introduction of Epstein-Barr Virus and Lymphoma;Human Viruses: Diseases, Treatments and Vaccines;2021

3. Seeing the wood for the trees: A new way to view the human intestinal microbiome and its connection with non-communicable disease;Medical Hypotheses;2019-04

4. Viral Causes of Lymphoma: The History of Epstein-Barr Virus and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1;Virology: Research and Treatment;2017-01-01

5. Denis Burkitt: A legacy of global health;Journal of Medical Biography;2016-09-28

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3