From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tracy Putnam
Tracy Putnam
Tracy Jackson Putnam (1894–1975) was the co-discover- [2] The Society of Neurological Surgeons, Decease
er, together with H. Houston Merritt, of Dilantin for con- Member, Tracy J. Putnam, MD [1]
trolling epilepsy[1]. [3] Lewis P. Rowland, The Legacy of Tracy J. Putnam
He graduated from Harvard College in 1915. Later and H. Houston Merritt: Modern Neurology in the
from Harvard medical school in 1920[2]. He worked by the United States, N Engl J Med 2009;
Boston City Hospital and in the New York Neurological 360:941-942February 26, 2009
Institute at Columbia University. He was promoted to di- [4] Barron H. Lerner, In a Time of Quotas, a Quiet Pose
rector after his works with phenytoin[3]. in Defiance
At his time there were quotas for Jewish physicians. [5] Putnam T and Adler A: Vascular architecture of the
He opposed the existence of the quotas. He was forced to lesions of multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol Psychiat,
resign from Columbia in 1947, maybe because of this[4]. 38:1, 1937
He studied multiple sclerosis together with Alexan- [6] Putnam T: Evidences of vascular occlusion in
dra Adler[5]. He was one of the first persons to propose multiple sclerosis and encephalomyelitis. Arch
as early as in 1930-s a vascular cause for multiple sclero- Neurol Psychiatry 1937;37(6):1298-1321.
sis[6], resurrecting the previous works from Eduard von Persondata
Rindfleisch. The idea which remained obscure until the
Name Putnam, Tracy
syndrome of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
(CCSVI) was associated with the multiple sclerosis in Alternative names
2008. Short description
Date of birth 1894
References Place of birth
[1] Lewis P. Rowland, The Legacy of Tracy J. Putnam Date of death 1975
and H. Houston Merritt: Modern Neurology in the Place of death
United States, Arch Neurol. 2009;66(3):415.
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