William Wallace (surgeon) explained

William Wallace (1791-1837), was an Irish surgeon at the Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin, who used potassium iodide to treat syphilis, and experimented on healthy individuals by inoculating them with syphilis to demonstrate it was contagious. In 1818 he founded the Dublin Infirmary for Diseases of the Skin at 20 Moore Street. He wrote A Treatise on the Venereal Disease and Its Varieties (1833).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Selected publications

• Book: Observations on sulphurous fumigations, as a powerful remedy in diseases of the skin and in rheumatic, gouty, and other inveterate diseases / by William Wallace. . 1826 . en.
• Book: A treatise on the venereal disease and its varieties . 1833 . Burgess and Hill . London . en.

Notes and References

1. Powell . Frank C . William Wallace and transmission of syphilis: a forgotten villain? . The Lancet . June 2006 . 367 . 9525 . 1818 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68801-6 . 16753483 . 27653911 . subscription.
2. Kampmeier . R. H. . 1980 . The introduction of iodine in the treatment of syphilis: the writings of William Wallace, M.D., of Dublin . Sexually Transmitted Diseases . 7 . 1 . 26–28 . 10.1097/00007435-198001000-00008 . 0148-5717 . 6994258. free .
3. Widdess . J. D. H . William Wallace . British Journal of Venereal Diseases . 1965 . 65 . 9 . 9–14 . 10.1136/sti.41.1.9 . 14275963 . 1047692 .
4. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease and Its Varieties . The Medico-Chirurgical Review . 1 October 1833 . 19 . 38 . 372–414 . 29918030 . 5086970 .
5. Morton . R. S . Dr. William Wallace (1791-1837) of Dublin . Medical History . January 1966 . 10 . 1 . 38–43 . 10.1017/s0025727300010620 . Cambridge University Press. 5324024 . 32390083 .