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Louis Virgil Hamman
American internist, born december 21, 1877; died April 28, 1946.
Associated eponyms:
Hamman's sign
A crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema.
Hamman's syndrome
A syndrome of spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum associated with pain.
Hamman-Rich syndrome
Previously used term for acute diffuse idiopathic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis of unknown aetiology.
Biography:
Louis Virgil Hamman was recognized as one of the great clinicians in his time. He graduated M.D. from Johns Hopkins Scholl of Medicine and interned at New York Hospital. In 1903 he returned to Johns Hopkins, becoming head of the new Phipps Tuberculosis Clinic.
His most important work was in the fields of tuberculosis and diabetes. He was described as an extremely kind an gentle person and a superb teacher.
In 1950 the Louis Hamman Memorial Scholarship was established by friends from the Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association.
"The physician, consciously or otherwise, depends for success in his practice on his abilities as a psychiatrist."
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