Theodore Hough (1865 – 1924) was an American physician who first described

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(DOMS) in 1902. Hough was born in Virginia in 1865. He received his PhD from

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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

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, and became dean in 1916. In 1922, he was president of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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

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