Howard Henry Tooth, CMG, CB (1856–1925) was a British

Great Britain

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 neurologist

Neurologist

A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...

 and one of the discoverers of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease- , known also as Morbus Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy , hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy , or peroneal muscular atrophy, is an inherited disorder of nerves that takes different forms...

.

Early life and education

Dr Tooth was born on 22 April 1856 to Frederick Tooth of Hove, Sussex, England. He attended Rugby School

Rugby School

Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...

 and from there attended St John's College in Cambridge. In 1877, he graduated Bachelor of Arts and achieved Master of Arts in 1881.

After his university education, Howard Henry Tooth studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, achieving his MD in 1885.

Career

He became Physician to the London Metropolitan Hospital in 1887. He was also appointed Assistant Physician in the same year at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic and promoted to full Physician in 1907. He was also an assistant Physician 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...

 in 1895 and full Physician in 1906.

In 1894 taught a post-graduate course on Cranial Nerves at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic.

He was awarded CMG in 1901 and CB

Order of the Bath

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 in 1918.

Life in Wartime

Dr Tooth spent quite a period of time in the military, resulting in him being awarded the rank of Colonel

Colonel

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. During the Boer War

Boer War

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, Dr Tooth was stationed in South Africa

South Africa

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Over the period of World War I

World War I

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 he spent time both in London and as a consulting physician to the troops in Malta

Malta

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 and consultant to the British forces in Italy. His services during this time resulted in his name being twice mentioned in the dispatches.

Civic Participation

Howard Henry Tooth was a member of the Pathological Society of London

Pathological Society of London

The Pathological Society of London was founded in 1846 for the "cultivation and promotion of Pathology by the exhibition and description of specimens, drawings, microscopic preparations, casts or models of morbid parts." Its first meeting was held in February 1847...

. In 1894, he served as a council member to that society.

Personality and Personal Life

Dr Tooth's first marriage was to Mary Beatrice Price, by whom he had one daughter. With his second wife, Helen Katherine Chilver, he had two sons and one daughter.

He died at home in Hadleigh, Suffolk after a cerebral hemorrhage.

Published Articles

In 1889 he delivered the Goulstonian Lecture to the Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...

on the subject of Secondary Degeneration of the Spinal Cord.