William Thomas Councilman (January 1, 1854 in

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– May 26, 1933 in York Village, Maine) was an American

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...

. He is remembered for his contribution in a monograph on

amoebic dysentery Amoebiasis, or amoebic dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by a parasitic amoeba ''Entamoeba histolytica''. Amoebiasis can be present with no, mild, or severe symptoms. Symptoms may include lethargy, loss of weight, colonic ulc ...

(1891) which described detailed observations of it and its parasite. He is even better known for his work on Yellow Fever. William Thomas Councilman served as the first pathologist-in-chief at

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two f ...

(PBBH). Councilman had arrived in Harvard Medical School earlier in 1892 and was an expert in the study of amebiasis, diphtheria, smallpox, and yellow fever. His vivid morphologic description of changes seen in the liver of yellow fever lives on today as "

Councilman body In pathology, a Councilman body, also known as a Councilman hyaline body or apoptotic body, is an eosinophilic globule of apoptotic hepatocyte cell fragments. Ultimately, the fragments are taken up by macrophages or adjacent parenchymal cells.Ivan ...

". In 1916, he went with the Rice Expedition, led by Alexander H. Rice, Jr., to the

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and

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. With Robert Archibald Lambert, he wrote a report and book on the expedition which was published in 1918. By invitation, two years after his retirement at Harvard, he temporarily joined the staff of the

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in China. A gifted horticulturist, Councilman always found time to care for his beautiful garden outside his office.

Selected works

* Councilman, W.T.
''Disease And Its Causes''
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1913 * Councilman, W.T. and R.A. Lambert
''The Medical Report of the Rice Expedition to Brazil''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1918

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National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
{{DEFAULTSORT:Councilman, William Thomas American pathologists 1854 births 1933 deaths People from Pikesville, Maryland

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