James Homer Wright
Academic
1869 – 1928
Who was James Homer Wright?
James Homer Wright was an early and influential American pathologist, who from 1896 to 1926 was chief of pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 1915 he joined with Dr. Richard C. Cabot to begin publication of the Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. These began regular publication as the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal which later became the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 1924 Wright, along with Dr. Frank B. Mallory, published Pathological Technique: a Practical Manual for the Pathological Laboratory. The book saw eight editions and for many years was the standard textbook in the field.
He is the "Wright" in Wright's stain, and the "Homer Wright rosettes" associated with neuroblastoma.
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- Born
- Apr 8, 1869
Pittsburgh - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- 1928
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on July 23, 2013
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