Powell’s Pearls: John Albertson Sampson,MD (1873–1946)

摘要

John Albertson Sampson, son of John andSarah Albertson Sampson, was born inBrunswick, New York, on August 17, 1873.1During his 50-year career as a gynecologist,he contributed more to our knowledge ofendometriosis than any other individual. Hewas educated at Troy Academy and the WilliamsCollege in Williamstown, Massachusetts,from which he graduated in 1895. Hereceived his MD from The Johns HopkinsUniversity School of Medicine in 1899. Heremained at Hopkins for his internship anddid a residency in gynecology there from1900 to 1904 under Dr. Howard AtwoodKelly (1889 –1919). During his residency,Sampson showed an early proclivity for researchand writing. Between 1902 and1905 he published 18 articles while still aresident. In 2 of these articles he showedthat the ureteral necrosis that was sometimesa complication of radical hysterectomywas caused by intraoperative damageto the periureteral arterial plexus.2,3