Corrigan, Sir Dominic John, Baronet

Corrigan, Sir Dominic John, Baronet

▪ Irish physician
born Dec. 1, 1802, Dublin
died Feb. 1, 1880, Dublin

      Irish physician and author of several reports on diseases of the heart. His paper on aortic insufficiency (1832) is generally regarded as the classic description of the condition. Many eponyms (Corrigan's respiration, Corrigan's cirrhosis, Corrigan's pulse) came into general use as a result of his diverse studies.

      Corrigan was educated at the school of Maynooth College, near Dublin, and received his first instruction in medicine from a local physician. In 1825 he received his M.D. from the University of Edinburgh. He became a physician at Jervis Street Hospital in Dublin, where he began his clinical-pathological work. In 1829 Corrigan joined the Sick-Poor Institution of Dublin and lectured in the institutes (i.e., theory) and practices of medicine. From 1840 to 1866 he was physician to the House of Industry hospitals. He also represented Dublin in the House of Commons from 1870 to 1874. He was created a baronet in 1866.

      Corrigan's published material, including his report on the causes and treatment of aortic insufficiency, was based on observation of patients at various Dublin hospitals. His better-known studies were on cirrhosis of the lung (1838), aortitis as a cause of angina pectoris (1837), and mitral stenosis (1838). “Corrigan's respiration” refers to a shallow respiration in fever, and “Corrigan's pulse,” also called waterhammer pulse, to a jerking pulse-beat associated with aortic regurgitation. Corrigan also supported the emerging distinction being made by physicians between typhus and typhoid fever.

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