William Miller Ord

William Miller Ord, FRCP (23 September 1834 – 14 May 1902) was a British medical scientist. He was a surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital in London, where he worked for 50 years.^[1][2]

William Miller Ord FRCP
Born	(1834-09-23)September 23, 1834
Died	May 14, 1902(1902-05-14) (aged 67)
Education	St Thomas' Hospital, London University
Years active	1852-1902
Known for	describing Ord's thyroiditis
Medical career
Profession	surgeon
Institutions	Royal College of Surgeons of England
Research	gout
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Biography

Ord was born in 1834, the son of George Ord, MRCS, a surgeon who practiced in Brixton. He received his medical education at St Thomas' Hospital, where he entered in 1852, and at London University. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1855, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1869 (later elected a Fellow in 1875).^[3]

At St. Thomas′, he was successively surgical registrar, house surgeon, lecturer in comparative anatomy, lecturer in physiology, assistant physician lecturer in medicine, and physician. He was also elected Dean of the Medical School.^[3]

In 1879 he described Ord's thyroiditis.^[4]

He was an active member of the Medical Society of London, and was president of the society in 1885.^[3]

Ord died at The Hall, in Salisbury, residence of his son, on 14 May 1902.^[3]

Selected publications

• Notes on Comparative Anatomy (1871)
• On the Relation of Uric Acid to Gout (1874)
• On Myxoedema, a term proposed to be applied to an essential condition in the cretinoid infection observed in middle aged women. Transactions of The Medical - Chirurgical Society Of London 1878; 61: 57
• On the Influence of Colloids Upon Crystalline Form and Cohesion (1879)
• On Some Disorders of Nutrition Related With Affections of the Nervous System (1885)
• Report of a committee of the Clinical Society of London nominated December 14, 1883, to investigate the subject of myxoedema. Trans. Clin. Soc. Lond. 1888; 21 (Suppl)