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Christian Archibald Herter (September 3, 1865 – December 5, 1910) was an American physician and pathologist noted for his work on diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. He was co-founder of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. ... The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), also called the digestive tract, alimentary canal, or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste. ... The Journal of Biological Chemistry is a scientific journal published by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. ...

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Life

Christian Archibald Herter was born in Glenville, Connecticut. His father, also Christian Herter, was a notable and wealthy artist and interior designer, head of the Herter Brothers. He was privately educated and began his medical degree at the early age of 15. By the age of 18, he had received an MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He studied pathology under William H. Welch at Johns Hopkins University and traveled to Zurich to study under Auguste-Henri Forel. Glenville is a neighborhood or section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... The firm of Herter Brothers, New York, (working 1864 â€“ 1906), founded by Gustave and Christian Herter, expanding from an upholstery warehouse, became one of the first firms of interior decorators in the United States after the Civil War; with their own design office and cabinet-making and upholstery workshops, Herter... Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or MD, from the Latin Medicinae Doctor meaning teacher of medicine,) is an academic degree for medical doctors. ... Seal of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, abbreviated P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Location within Switzerland ZÃ¼rich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of ZÃ¼rich. ... Auguste-Henri Forel towards the end of his life Auguste-Henri Forel (September 1, 1848 - July 27, 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the brain structure of humans and ants. ...

Herter initially practiced mainly neurological medicine in New York City. His experience was captured in The Diagnosis of Diseases of the Nervous System, a manual he wrote for "students and practitioners" in 1892. Herter's interest in laboratory medicine led him to relinquish his medical practice and build a laboratory in the fourth floor of his house on 819 Madison Avenue. In 1897, he was appointed professor of Pathological Chemistry at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. His lectures were published in 1902. Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Madison Avenue, looking north from 40th Street Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries northbound one-way traffic. ... The New York University School of Medicine was founded in 1841, ten years after the New York Universitys founding, as the University Medical College. ...

Herter returned to his alma mater in 1903 as Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. It is during this time, that he researched diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. His work on celiac disease, which he called "intestinal infantilism", led to the eponym Gee-Herter disease. His important contribution was to highlight the retarded growth of affected children. Herter's theory as to the cause - that it was due to overgrowth and persistence of gram-positive bacterial flora normally belonging to the nursling period - failed to gain acceptance. However, he did correctly identify that any "attempt to encourage growth by the use of increased amounts of carbohydrates" led to relapse. This would later be discovered to be due to the gluten content of wheat. Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... Coeliac disease or celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the small bowel that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals in all age groups after early infancy. ... An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... Samuel Jones Gee (September 13, 1839 â€“ August 3, 1911) was an English physician and pediatrician. ... Gram-positive bacteria are those that are stained dark blue or violet by gram staining, in contrast to gram-negative bacteria, which are not affected by the stain. ... Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... Escherichia coli, one of the many species of bacteria present in the human gut. ... Breastfeeding an infant Symbol for breastfeeding (Matt Daigle, Mothering magazine contest winner 2006) Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with milk from a womans breasts. ... Wheat - a prime source of gluten Gluten is an amorphous ergastic protein found combined with starch in the endosperm of some cereals, notably wheat, rye, and barley. ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References: ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ...

In 1905, along with John Jacob Abel, he co-founded and edited the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Herter financed the loss-making journal until his death, whereupon a fund was created in his memory to support it. John Jacob Abel (1857 - 1938) was a significant U.S. biochemist and pharmacologist. ... The Journal of Biological Chemistry is a scientific journal published by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. ...

Herter married Susan Dows in 1885. He died aged 45 of a neurological wasting disease, possibly myasthenia gravis. Henry Drysdale Dakin, who had worked in Herter's lab since 1905, married Herter's widow in 1916. They moved the house and laboratory to Scarsdale, New York and continued Herter's unfinished research. Myasthenia gravis (sometimes abbreviated MG; from the Greek myastheneia, lit. ... Henry Drysdale Dakin (1880 - 1952) was an English chemist. ... Scarsdale is both a town and village in Westchester County, New York, USA postal code 10583. ...

Publications

The Diagnosis of Diseases of the Nervous System: A Manual for Students and Practitioners. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York and London, 1892.
Lectures on Chemical Pathology in its Relation to Practical Medicine. Smith, Elder & Co. Philadelphia, 1902.
The Influence of Pasteur on medical science. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1904.
The Common Bacterial Infections of the Digestive Tract and the Intoxications Arising from Them'. Macmillan. New York, 1907.
On Infantilism from Chronic Intestinal Infection. Macmillan. New York, 1908.
Imagination and Idealism in the Medical Sciences. American Medical Association. 1910.
Biological Aspects of Human Problems. Macmillan. New York, 1911.

References

Edsall JT (1980). "The Journal of Biological Chemistry After Seventy-Five Years". Journal of Biological Chemistry 255 (19): 8939.
Enersen, Ole Daniel. Christian Archibald Herter. Who Named It?. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
Fruton JS (2002). "The first years of the Journal of Biological Chemistry". Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (23): 20113-6. PMID 11960998.
Simon RD, Hill RL, Vaughan M (2002). "Obituary: Christian A. Herter: Co-founder of the Journal of Biological Chemistry and Benefactor of Biochemistry.". Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (17): 437-439.
Williams OT (1911). "In Memory of Christian A. Herter 1865-1910". Journal of Biological Chemistry 5 (8-9): xxi.b1–xxxi.
The Christian A. Herter Collection. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (1999). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.

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