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Theodore Hough (1865 – 1924) was an American physician who first described
delayed onset muscle soreness
Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is the pain and stiffness felt in muscles after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise. The soreness is felt most strongly 24 to 72 hours after the exercise. It is thought to be caused by eccentric (lengthening) ex ...
(DOMS) in 1902.
Hough was born in Virginia in 1865. He received his PhD from
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
in 1893. After graduation, he was employed as a professor at
MIT where he worked with
William T. Sedgwick. In 1907, he became the chair of physiology at the
University of Virginia School of Medicine
The University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA SoM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia. ...
, and became dean in 1916.
In 1922, he was president of the
Association of American Medical Colleges.
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Selected publications
''The Human Mechanism: Its Physiology and Hygiene and the Sanitation of its Surroundings''
(with William Thompson Sedgwick
William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855 – January 25, 1921) was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He was president of many scientific and professional organizations du ...
, 1906)
''Elements of Hygiene and Sanitation''
(with William Thompson Sedgwick, 1918)
References
1924 deaths
1865 births
American physiologists
Hygienists
University of Virginia School of Medicine faculty
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