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Dr. Thomas Wharton's Eponyms:wharton's Duct And Wharton's Jelly
Çağatay ÜSTÜN*
* MD, PhD, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, History of Medicine & Ethics Department, İZMIR, TURKEY
Thomas Wharton, English physician and anatomist, 1614-1673. In 1656 he published a work (Adenographia) describing many glands of the body, including the submandibular gland for the conveyance of saliva. It was the fırst systematic account of the glands of the human body. Wharton himself discovered the duct which carried saliva from the sub-maxillary gland to the mouth, and studied the umbilical cord. He was the fırst to name the thyroid and jugular glands. Thomas Wharton's Adenopraphia: first published at London in 1656: translated from the Latin by Stephen Freer with an historical introduction by Andrew Cunningham. In our article, We'll give Dr. Wharton's short biography and his eponyms including Wharton's duct and Wharton's jelly.Keywords: Thomas Warton, His Eponyms
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