English physician at Guy's Hospital, London, who in 1859 was the first to use the term ulcerative colitis, describing the inflammatory bowel condition found at the autopsy of a patient who had died of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain.
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Hektoen International (A Journal of Medical Humanities)Wilks biography, 1859 case
Under the name of ulcerative colitis he described in 1859 the inflammation of the distal part of the ileum and the colon found at the autopsy of Isabella Banks, who died after a short illness of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain.
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2 June 1824
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8 November 1911 (aged 87)
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What did Samuel Wilks describe in 1859?
He was the first to use the term ulcerative colitis.
Samuel Wilks (1824 to 1911), an English physician at Guy's Hospital in London, was the first to use the term ulcerative colitis in 1859. He described the inflammatory bowel condition found at the autopsy of a patient who had died of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain.
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