Charles Lund
Charles Carroll Lund (1883-1972) was an American surgeon
Boston surgeon who contributed his administrative and professional talent unstintingly to the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, and the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Major contributions to medicine and public health were in the broader areas of medical research and patient care.
Eponymously remembered for the Lund and Browder Chart estimating the total body surface area affected in the management of burns. First published in 1944 with Newton C Browder, and was based on experience treating victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire on November 28, 1942
Biography
- Born on April 15, 1895 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA eldest son of prominent Boston surgeon Frederick Bates Lund Sr (1865-1950)
- 1914 – member of the Harvard crew famously winning the Henley Regatta
- 1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire, United States’ most deadly nightclub disaster (November 28, 1942)
- 1957 – surgeon-in-chief of the Harvard Division of Boston City Hospital
- 1958 – President, Massachusetts Medical Society
- 1959-1961 director, Harvard Division of Boston City Hospital
- Died on July 26, 1972 at Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Medical Eponyms
Lund and Browder Chart (1942)
Major Publications
- Lund CC, Crandon JH. Ascorbic acid and human wound healing. Ann Surg. 1941 Oct;114(4):776-90.
- Taylor FH, Levenson SM, Davidson CS, Browder NC, Lund CC. Problems of protein nutrition in burned patients. Ann Surg. 1943 Aug;118(2):215-20.
- Clowes GH, Lund CC, Levenson SM. The surface treatment of burns: a comparison of results of tannic acid, silver nitrate, triple dye, and vaseline or boric ointment as surface treatments in 150 cases. Ann Surg. 1943 Nov;118(5):761-79.
- Lund CC, Browder NC. The estimation of areas of burns. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 1944; 79(10:4): 352-358 [Lund and Browder Chart]
- Lund CC, Green RW, et al. Burns; colective review. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1946 Jun;82:443-78.
- Lund CC. The doctor, the patient, and the truth. Ann Intern Med. 1946 Jun;24:955-9.
- Lund CC. The treatment of burns after an explosion of an atomic bomb. NY Med. 1950 Oct 20;6(20):16-20 and Part II
- Lund CC, Kliman A. The Massachusetts red cross blood program. JAMA. 1965 Sep 13;193:945-9.
References
Biography
- CHARLES C. LUND, M.D. Massachusetts Medical Society. New England Journal of Medicine, 1972; 287(16): 821–821.
- DR. CHARLES C. LUND, DID STUDY OF BURNS. New York Times. July 29, 1972, Page 28
Eponymous terms
- Murari A, Singh KN. Lund and Browder chart-modified versus original: a comparative study. Acute Crit Care. 2019 Nov;34(4):276-281.
- Carrougher GJ, Pham TN. Burn size estimation: A remarkable history with clinical practice implications. Burns Open. 2024; 8 (2): 47-52
Eponym
the person behind the name
