{{short description|American physician (1877–1946)}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Louis Hamman | image = Louis Virgil Hamman (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Louis Virgil Hamman | birth_date = {{birth date|1877|12|21}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1946|4|28|1877|12|21}} | death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = Rock Hill College (BS)<br />Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (MD) | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Mary Brereton Sharretts|1906|1940|reason=died}} * {{marriage|Marian Campbell Bond|1943}} }} | children = 3 | signature = Signature of Louis Virgil Hamman.jpg }} '''Louis Virgil Hamman''' (December 21, 1877 – April 28, 1946) was an American physician who was recognized as one of the great clinicians in his time.<ref name="Chesney1943">{{cite book|author=Alan Mason Chesney|title=The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: 1893–1905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cs_UAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 March 2012|year=1943|publisher=The Johns Hopkins Press|page=367}}</ref>
==Early life== Louis Virgil Hamman was born on December 21, 1877, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Agatha (née Haseneyer) and John A. Hamman.<ref name="death">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114435368/dr-louis-hamman-of-hopkins-dies-29/ |title=Dr. Louis Hamman, of Hopkins, Dies |date=1946-04-29 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-10}}{{Open access}}</ref> Hamman graduated from Calvert Hall College High School. He then graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Rock Hill College in 1895.<ref name="death"/> He was graduated M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1901.<ref name="death"/>
==Career== Hamman interned at New York Hospital from 1901 to 1902 and served as a resident physician until 1903.<ref name="death"/> Hamman returned in 1903 to his alma mater to practice medicine.<ref name="death2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114435717/dr-hamman-of-jhu-dies-29-apr/ |title=Dr. Hamman, of J.H.U., Dies |date=1946-04-29 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-10}}{{Open access}}</ref> Hamman served as an assistant in medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 1903 to 1906. He then served as instructor from 1906 to 1908 and associate in medicine from 1908 to 1915.<ref name="death2"/> He was associate professor of clinical medicine from 1915 to 1932.<ref name="death2"/> In 1932, he was appointed associate professor of medicine.<ref name="death2"/> He become head of the new Phipps Tuberculosis Clinic.{{citation needed |date=December 2022}} He said: "The physician, consciously or otherwise, depends for success in his practice on his abilities as a psychiatrist."{{citation needed |date=December 2022}}
Hamman was assistant visiting physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1908 to 1928. He served as visiting physician from 1928 to his death.<ref name="death2"/>
Hamman was elected vice president of the Association of American Physicians in 1939.<ref name="death2"/> He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and served as corresponding secretary of the International Anti-Tuberculosis Society.<ref name="death2"/>
==Personal life== Hamman married Mary Brereton Sharretts in 1906. She died in 1940. He married Marian Campbell Bond in February 1943.<ref name="death2"/> He had one son and two daughters, Louis Jr., Mrs. Kenneth Sharretts and Mrs. Franklin Ray.<ref name="death2"/>
Hamman died on April 28, 1946, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.<ref name="death"/>
==Legacy== Conditions which carry his name: Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome and Hamman-Rich syndrome.{{citation needed |date=December 2022}}
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