John Kelso Ormond

John Kelso Ormond was an American urologist who rediscovered retroperitoneal fibrosis (also known as Ormond's disease in 1948.[1]) [2]

Biography

He was born on March 25, 1886, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He died February 25, 1978, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

References
  1. Ormond, JK (1948). "Bilateral ureteral obstruction due to envelopment and compression by an inflammatory retroperitoneal process". The Journal of Urology. 59 (6): 1072–9. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)69482-5. PMID 18858051.
  2. "John Kelso Ormond". Whonamedit? A dictionary of medical eponyms. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
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