Skip to main content
MACCALLUM, William George (1874 – 1944)

MACCALLUM, William George (1874 – 1944)

1874 – 1944

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source wellcomeimages.org Gallery: wellcomeimages.org Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-04-06): wellcomecollection.org CC-BY-4.0 · CC BY 4.0

1897 CE

#5246

On the flagellated form of the malarial parasite.

MacCallum reported at a meeting of the British Association his observation of the mode of fertilization of the malarial parasite of birds; two months later he announced that he had found the same to hold good for the …

1898 CE

#5250

Notes on the pathological changes in the organs of birds infected with haemocytozoa.

MacCallum and Opie discovered the sexual phase of malaria parasites.

1909 CE

#3859

On the relation of tetany to the parathyroid glands and to calcium metabolism.

Proof that the parathyroids control calcium metabolism. MacCallum and Voegtlin were able to demonstrate the removal of post-parathyroidectomy tetany by administration of calcium.

1909 CE

#3962

On the relation of the islands of Langerhans to glycosuria.

MacCallum suggested a relationship between lesions of the islands of Langerhans and the glycosuria of diabetes.