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Chevalier Jackson: pioneer and protector of children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2013

C E B Giddings ,
J Rimmer  and
N Weir
C E B Giddings*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
J Rimmer
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK
N Weir
Affiliation:
Mount Alvernia Hospital, Guildford, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr C E B Giddings, 39 Handforth Rd, London SW9 0LL, UK E-mail: charliegiddings@doctors.org.uk
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Abstract

Chevalier Jackson was one of the greatest pioneers of otolaryngology. He was a pioneer of oesophagoscopy, bronchoscopy and the removal of foreign bodies. He changed the mortality rate for an airway foreign body from 98 per cent to a survival rate of 98 per cent. He became distressed by the number of preventable injuries in children from the ingestion of caustic substances, most commonly household lye. His experiences of children with oesophageal stricturing secondary to caustic ingestion moved him to start a campaign to force manufacturers to label all poisonous substances as such. This took him from the American Senate to the House of Representatives and back again; the Federal Caustic Poisons Act (1927) is still enforced today. In a career with over 400 publications, written during exacerbations of his pulmonary tuberculosis, his life story is a remarkable one, only part of which is widely known.

Keywords

Chevalier JacksonHistoryLaryngologyBronchoscopyEsophagoscopyTracheostomy

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 127 , Issue 7 , July 2013 , pp. 638 - 642
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2013 

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