Английская Википедия:Francis M. Pottenger Sr.
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Francis Marion Pottenger (27 September 1869 – 10 June 1961) was an American physician and tuberculosis researcher.
Biography
Pottenger obtained his MD from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1894.[1] He qualified A.M. from Otterbein University in 1907 and L.L.D. in 1909.[2] His wife Carrie Burtner died from tuberculosis in 1898 which prompted him to establish the Pottenger Sanitorium in Monrovia, California in 1903.[1][2] It became the most successful sanitorium in Southern California due to its high recovery rates.[3] Pottenger advocated the use of tuberculin which he believed would create a hostile environment for tuberculosis.[4]
Pottenger founded the Southern California Anti-Tuberculosis League in 1903 for which he was President 1903–1906 and 1939–1941.[1] He was President of the Endocrine Society 1935–1937.[5] In the 1940s, Pottenger was chairman of the Smog Committee of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.[3]
He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, aged 91.[6]
Family
Pottenger married several times. He married his first wife Carrie Burtner in 1894.[2] He had several children with his second wife Adelaide Gertrude. His son Francis M. Pottenger Jr. was also a physician.
His sister Nellie Maude Pottenger was married to Finis E. Fouts, a soybean pioneer.[7]
Selected publications
- Culture Products in the Treatment of Tuberculosis (1902)
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1908)[8]
- Tuberculin in Diagnosis and Treatment (1913)
- Symptoms of Visceral Disease (1919)
- Clinical Tuberculosis (1922)
- Tuberculosis and How to Combat It: A Book for the Patient (1929)[9]
- The Fight Against Tuberculosis: An Autobiography (1952)[10]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Who's Who in the Pacific southwest: A Compilation of Authentic Biographical Sketches of Citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House. p. 299
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 DuPuis, E. Melanie. (2004). Smoke and Mirrors: The Politics and Culture of Air Pollution. New York University Press. p. 181. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Koslow, Jennifer. (2009). Cultivating Health: Los Angeles Women and Public Health Reform. Rutgers University Press. p. 91. Шаблон:ISBN
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- ↑ "Dr. Francis M. Pottenger Sr., An Authority on TB, Dies at 91". nytimes.com.
- ↑ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko. (2012). Fouts Family of Indiana: Soybean Pioneers (1882-2012): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. p. 75. Шаблон:ISBN
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