Richard Lightburn Sutton

rdf:langString Richard Lightburn Sutton

rdf:langString Richard Lightburn Sutton Sr., M.D.

rdf:langString Richard Lightburn Sutton Sr., M.D.

rdf:langString Namesake of Sutton's disease

rdf:langString Richard Lightburn Sutton Sr. M.D. FRSE FRGS LLD (July 9, 1878 – May 18, 1952) was an American dermatologist. He gives the eponym for Sutton's disease (also known as aphthous ulceration, or canker sores), Sutton's naevus and Sutton's phenomenon. Over and above his contributions to dermatology, Sutton traveled widely, was a member of the American Polar Society, was an avid photographer and also a big game hunter. Richard L. Sutton Sr. received his preliminary medical education at the University of Missouri and took his M.D. degree from University Medical College (Kansas City) in 1901. Immediately after his graduation he entered the U.S. Navy. As a result of injuries sustained while serving in the tropics, he was placed on the retired list, with the rank of assistant surgeon in 1905. He was an honorary graduate from the medical department of Columbian University and from the U.S. Naval Medical School, the Baltimore Medical College and the New York Post-Graduate, with a year in European universities. He pursued special studies at the Harvard Medical School and also took a course at the Johns Hopkins Medical School. (Source: “The Scalpel” 1910, Volume III, published by the Class of 1911, University Medical College, 909-11-13 E. 10th St., Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Sutton was on the medical faculty at the time.) Physician, big-game hunter and author. He wrote "Diseases of the Skin," a standard work on the subject in medical education; "Tiger Trails in Southern Asia;" "An African Holiday;" "An Arctic Safari;" "The Long Trek, Around the World With Camera and Rifle;" and "The Silver Kings of Aransas Pass." He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lived in Kansas City, Missouri, where he had a private practice specializing in dermatology.