Joseph Hodgson 1527067 164249386 2007-10-13T10:01:07Z SmackBot 433328 Standard headings &/or gen fixes. [[Image:Joseph Hodgson (1848).jpg|150px|thumb|right|Joseph Hodgson, by [[John Partridge (artist)|John Partridge]], 1848]] '''Joseph Hodgson''' ([[1788]]–[[1869]]) was a British [[physician]], former president of the [[Medical and Chirurgical Society of London]], surgeon at [[Birmingham General Hospital]] and author of the treatise ''On Wounds and Diseases of Arteries and Veins''. He was a well-known [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]]. Hodgson is best known for his description of [[Hodgson's disease]], an [[aneurysm]]al dilatation of the proximal part of the [[aorta]], often accompanied by dilatation or [[Organ hypertrophy|hypertrophy]] of the [[heart]]. He is buried at [[Highgate Cemetery]], [[London]]. ==References== * Plarr VG. Past presidents: Joseph Hodgson. ''Ann R Coll Surg Engl''. 1950 Aug;7(2):170-2. * Bedford D. The surgeon cardiologists of the 19th century (Allan Burns, Joseph Hodgson, Robert Adams, James Wardrop, O'Bryen Bellingham). ''Br Heart J.'' 1967 Jul;29(4):461-8. ==External links== *[http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E000190b.htm Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online: Hodgson, Joseph (1788 - 1869)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Joseph}} [[Category:1788 births]] [[Category:1869 deaths]] [[Category:British doctors]] [[Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery]] [[Category:English Quakers]] {{UK-med-bio-stub}} [[eo:Joseph Hodgson]]