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.

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).

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

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)