Thomas McCrae (physician)

Thomas McCrae (physician)

Thomas McCrae (b. 1870 - d. 1935) was Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, and student and later colleague of Sir William Osler. Often quoted in medical training for his remark "more is missed by not looking than not knowing [cite journal
last = Ronni
first = Wolf
year = 2006
title = "More is missed by not looking than by not knowing" [Thomas McCrae, 1870-1935]
journal = International Journal of Dermatology
volume = 45
issue = 1
pages = 50
doi = 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02623.x
format = full text] ".

Early life and medical training

Thomas McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada to Lieutenant-Colonel David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford McCrae. His brother, John McCrae is best known for authoring "In Flanders Fields" [ [http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae - Veterans Affairs Canada ] at www.vac-acc.gc.ca]

McCrae trained in medicine at the University of Toronto, obtaining his Doctorate of Medicine in 1903. [ [http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/osler/archives/detail.cfm?FondID=60 Fonds Level Description - Osler Library Archives - Osler Library of the History of Medicine ] at www.health.library.mcgill.ca]

He became an assistant resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland and was later joined by his brother in 1899. It was there that he became associated with Dr William Osler (later Sir William) who was the "pre-eminent medical educator of his time". [ [http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae/earlyyears The Early Years - Veterans Affairs Canada ] at www.vac-acc.gc.ca] [ [http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/albumsph.htm The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives - Photograph Collection - Albums ] at www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu]

McCrae's association with Osler continued with their collaboration in "The Principles and Practice of Medicine", an authoritative medical text at the time. McCrae was initially assistant editor, but later became the editor of this text upon Osler's death. [ [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1561285&pageindex=2#page Thomas McCrae ] at www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov]

Later career

In 1912 he became Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

"In 1924, he was Lumleian lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians in London. He was chairman of the Section on Practice of Medicine of the American Medical Association, 1914-1915. From 1916 to 1925 he was secretary of the Association of American Physicians and in 1930 its president." [ [http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/osler/archives/detail.cfm?FondID=60 Fonds Level Description - Osler Library Archives - Osler Library of the History of Medicine ] at www.health.library.mcgill.ca]

McCrae died in 1935 with no children to survive him. He is described in an obituary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal as a "deep student, a fine clinician, (and) a great teacher". [ [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1561285&pageindex=2#page Thomas McCrae ] at www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov]

References

Wolf R, Orion E, Marcos B, Matz H, "More is missed by not looking than not knowing" in "International Journal of Dermatology" 2006, 40, 50. [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02623.x]

"Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae" on "Veterans' Affairs Canada" [http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae]

Box 149 and 151 Photograph Albums in "The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions" [http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/albumsph.htm]

"Thomas McCrae" in "Can Med Assoc J." 1935 August; 33(2): 190–191. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1561285&pageindex=2#page]

"Thomas McCrae Fonds" in the "Osler Library Archive Collections" [http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/osler/archives/detail.cfm?FondID=60]


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