Frank Chambliss Johnson

Frank Chambliss Johnson (1894 – 1934) was an American pediatrician

Along with Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945), is eponymously affiliated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Amateur botanist died tragically aged 40 falling from a cliff whilst collecting plant specimens

Biography

Born 1894
1916 – Graduated Rutgers College
1920 – Graduated MD, Columbia University Physicians and Surgeons
Died Jan 1 1934 in a quarry fall whilst studying geological formations and plant life

Medical Eponyms

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (1922) – a generalized eruption, continued fever, inflamed buccal mucosa, and purulent conjunctivitis.

Major Publications

Stevens AM, Johnson FC. A New Eruptive Fever. The Lancet. 1922;200(5183):1396
Stevens AM, Johnson FC. A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia: report of two cases in children. Am J Dis Child. 1922;24(6):526-533.

References

Johnson FC. Portrait. The Scarlet Letter: Rutgers Yearbook. 1915 pp42
Bohigian, George M. 2015. The history of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and a case study. St. Louis: Center for History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, 2015
Obituary: Dr. Frank C. Johnson. New York Times Jan 3 1934.

eponym

the person behind the name