Frederick Parkes Weber
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Frederick Parkes Weber was an English dermatologist who practiced medicine in London. His father, Sir Hermann David Weber (1823-1918) was a personal physician to Queen Victoria.
Weber was educated at Charterhouse
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. He subsequently studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital
, and abroad at Vienna
and Paris
. Returning to England, he became House Physician and House Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was subsequently House Physician at Brompton Hospital and Physician at Mount Vernon Hospital
.
Weber contributed over 1200 medical articles and wrote 23 books over a period of 50 years. He and his wife published a philosophical medical tome in 1922, called Aspects of Death and Correlated Aspects of Life in Art, Epigram, and Poetry. He was a prodigious describer of new and unique dermatological terms.
Together with his father, Weber was an avid coin collector; their collection was donated to several places such as the Boston Medical Library
, the British Museum
, the Bodleian Library
at Oxford and Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge. He was a long-standing member of the Royal Numismatic Society
.
Weber was educated at Charterhouse
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He subsequently studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England.-Early history:It was founded in 1123 by Raherus or Rahere , a favourite courtier of King Henry I...
, and abroad at Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Returning to England, he became House Physician and House Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was subsequently House Physician at Brompton Hospital and Physician at Mount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon Hospital is one of two hospitals run by The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, located in Northwood.-History:The hospital was founded in 1860 as The North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest in Fitzroy Square and moved in 1864 to Mount Vernon in Hampstead...
.
Weber contributed over 1200 medical articles and wrote 23 books over a period of 50 years. He and his wife published a philosophical medical tome in 1922, called Aspects of Death and Correlated Aspects of Life in Art, Epigram, and Poetry. He was a prodigious describer of new and unique dermatological terms.
Together with his father, Weber was an avid coin collector; their collection was donated to several places such as the Boston Medical Library
Boston Medical Library
The Boston Medical Library of Boston, Massachusetts, which evolved into the "largest academic medical library in the world," was originally organized to alleviate the problem that had emerged due to the scattered distribution of medical texts throughout the city.-Early History:In 1875, the Society...
, the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
, the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
at Oxford and Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge. He was a long-standing member of the Royal Numismatic Society
Royal Numismatic Society
The Royal Numismatic Society is a learned society and charity based in London, United Kingdom which promotes research into all branches of numismatics...
.
Conditions
His name is ascribed to several disorders such as:- Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized by enlarged veins and arteries, limb hypertrophy and capillary malformations. Named with Maurice KlippelMaurice KlippelMaurice Klippel was a French physician for whom the conditions Klippel-Feil syndrome and Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome are named....
and Paul Trénaunay. - Pfeifer-Weber-Christian disease: A skin disease characterized by fever; and panniculitisPanniculitisPanniculitis is a group of diseases whose hallmark is inflammation of subcutaneous adipose tissue...
with atrophy of the subcutaneous fatty layer of the skin. Named with Victor Pfeifer and Henry Asbury Christian. - Osler-Weber-Rendu disease: A syndrome characterised by small enlarged blood vessels near the surface of the skin (telangiectasiaTelangiectasiaTelangiectasias /tɛ.læn.dʒiː'ɛk.teɪ.ʃi:ə/ are small dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin or mucous membranes, measuring between 0.5 and 1 millimeter in diameter. They can develop anywhere on the body but are commonly seen on the face around the nose, cheeks, and chin...
), as well as the oral, nasal and gastrointestinal mucous membranes. Named with Henri Jules Louis Marie RenduHenri Jules Louis Marie RenduHenri Jules Louis Marie Rendu was a French physician who was born in Paris. He was related to celebrated glaciologist Louis Rendu ....
and William OslerWilliam OslerSir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was...
. - Sturge-Weber syndromeSturge-Weber syndromeSturge–Weber syndrome, sometimes referred to as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a rare congenital neurological and skin disorder. It is one of the phakomatoses and is often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, mental retardation, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal...
: A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. In 1922, Weber reported the first radiologic features of brain atrophy in the disease. Named with William Allen SturgeWilliam Allen SturgeWilliam Allen Sturge was an English physician and archaeologist born in Bristol.After receiving his medical degree in 1873 from University College in London, Sturge became resident medical officer and later registrar at the National Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy...
. - Weber-Cockayne syndrome: A form of epidermolysis bullosaEpidermolysis bullosaEpidermolysis bullosa is an inherited connective tissue disease causing blisters in the skin and mucosal membranes, with an incidence of 1/50,000. Its severity ranges from mild to lethal. It is caused by a mutation in the keratin or collagen gene....
. Named with Edward Alfred CockayneEdward Alfred CockayneEdward Alfred Cockayne was an English physician specializing in pediatrics. He spent most of his medical career at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London....
. - Parkes Weber syndromeParkes Weber syndromeParkes Weber syndrome is a cutaneous condition characterized by an arteriovenous malformation that occurs in association with a cutaneous capillary malformation and skeletal or soft tissue hypertrophy.It may be associated with RASA1....