| RefNo | EC/1963/14 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVII, 73 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Loutit, John Freeman: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate of Election |
| Citation | Distinguished for his experimental studies of tissue transplantation after lethal doses of ionising radiation. Skilful experiments led Loutit to form the opinion that, contrary to the prevailing view, the survival of irradiated mice after the implantation of haematropoietic tissue was due to colonization by living cells. The truth of this interpretation has been rapidly confirmed. Loutit was the first to recognize 'secondary disease' in irradiated mice restored by the transplantation of foreign cells, and his interpretation of the disease as the consequence of a reaction of the grafted cells against their recipient is now accepted. Loutit has further shown that a substantial proportion of mice with leukaemia can be cured by whole body irradiation followed by the grafting of bone marrow cells. Earlier, he separated the mechanisms of origin of congenital haemolytics and acquired icterus and developed a practical method of increasing the storage time of blood for transfusion. Loutit's work is fundamental to an understanding of the mechanism and repair of radiation injury and has important bearings on immunology and the study of leukaemias. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge; Joseph S Mitchell; P B Medawar; H Himsworth; G R Cameron; C R Harington; A S Parkes; C H Andrewes; C H Waddington; Honor B Fell; W T J Morgan; Alex. Haddow; P A Gorer; L H Gray; A Wormall; G Popjak
From General Knowledge: R Ruggles Gates |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2067 | Loutit; John Freeman (1910 - 1992) | 1910 - 1992 |