William Wallace (surgeon)

William Wallace (1791-1837), was an Irish surgeon at the Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin, who used potassium iodide to treat syphilis, and experimented on healthy individuals by inoculating them with syphilis to demonstrate it was contagious. In 1818 he founded the Dublin Infirmary for Diseases of the Skin at 20 Moore Street. He wrote A Treatise on the Venereal Disease and Its Varieties (1833).[1][2][3][4][5]

Selected publications
  • Observations on sulphurous fumigations, as a powerful remedy in diseases of the skin and in rheumatic, gouty, and other inveterate diseases / by William Wallace. 1826.
  • A treatise on the venereal disease and its varieties. London: Burgess and Hill. 1833.

References
  1. Powell, Frank C (June 2006). "William Wallace and transmission of syphilis: a forgotten villain?". The Lancet. 367 (9525): 1818. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68801-6. PMID 16753483. S2CID 27653911.
  2. Kampmeier, R. H. (1980). "The introduction of iodine in the treatment of syphilis: the writings of William Wallace, M.D., of Dublin". Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 7 (1): 26–28. doi:10.1097/00007435-198001000-00008. ISSN 0148-5717. PMID 6994258.
  3. Widdess, J. D. H (1965). "William Wallace". British Journal of Venereal Diseases. 65 (9): 9–14. doi:10.1136/sti.41.1.9. PMC 1047692. PMID 14275963.
  4. "A Treatise on the Venereal Disease and Its Varieties". The Medico-Chirurgical Review. 19 (38): 372–414. 1 October 1833. PMC 5086970. PMID 29918030.
  5. Morton, R. S (January 1966). "Dr. William Wallace (1791-1837) of Dublin" (PDF). Medical History. Cambridge University Press. 10 (1): 38–43. doi:10.1017/s0025727300010620. PMID 5324024. S2CID 32390083.
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