John G. Bartlett: A Transformative, Visionary Leader of Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases

摘要

There is a deep tradition of infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins. William Henry Welch's microbiologic work included discovery of Bacillus welchii (now Clostridium perfringens) as the cause of gas gangrene, as well as studies of pneumonia, diphtheria, and other infectious diseases [1]. He was the first chair of Pathology at Johns Hopkins and the first director of the School of Hygiene and Public Health. William Osler was also a leader in infectious diseases and dedicated major sections of the Practice of Medicine to the diagnosis and management of infection [2]. Among other infectious disease leaders at Johns Hopkins, T. H. Gilchrist described North American blastomycosis in 1894, G. H. Whipple reported on intestinal lipodystrophy in 1907 (later known to be from Tropheryma whipplei), and T. P. Sprunt and F. A. Evans published a study of infectious mononucleosis in 1920 [3–5].