Henry George Plimmer

Summary

Henry George Plimmer was a British doctor and medical researcher known for his studies in cancer, comparative pathology, bacteriology and parasitology. He studied the histology of cancers, identifying inclusion bodies, and promoted the idea that cancer might have an infectious cause. His microbiological research includes work on diphtheria, trypanosomes and trench fever. He worked at the Cancer Hospital and St Mary's Hospital, London, directed the cancer laboratories of the Lister Institute (1902–15), and held the first chair in comparative pathology at Imperial College of Science and Technology (1915–18). He was an elected fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Society, and was president of the Royal Microscopical Society (1911–12).