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Matthew Sydney Thomson
English dermatologist, born June 6, 1894, Earlsfield, Surrey; died 1969.
Associated eponyms:
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
A rare hereditary oculocutaneous disorder with erythema, marble skin, pigmentation, telangiectasia, congenital cataracts, defective nails and teeth, partial to total alopecia, short stature, and congenital bone defects.
Thomson's syndrome
A syndrome in the group of poikilodermias, with complex ecto- and mesodermal development disturbances.
Biography:
Following his education at the Merchant Taylor's School, Matthew Sydney Thomson attended Cambridge University, and subsequently undertook clinical studies at King's College Hospital, London.
After qualifying in 1918, Thomson trained in internal medicine and dermatology. He later became senior dermatologist at King's and held appointments at other hospitals, including the Dulwich, Fulham and St. Gile's Hospitals and at the Belgrave Hospital for Children. During the Second World War he was in charge of the casualty department at King's College Hospital.
Although Thomson did not undertake much original research, he published about 60 papers in the field of dermatology. As a person he was a quiet, modest, and hard-working man, a kindly and competent clinician and a stimulating teacher. He retired in 1958.
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