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James Wesley Jobling
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'''James Wesley Jobling''' (1876–1961) was an American physician who was a longtime professor at [[Columbia University]] [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|College of Physicians and Surgeons]] and second president of the [[American Association of Immunologists]].
A graduate of Tennessee Medical College (which became part of [[Lincoln Memorial University]]) in [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], Jobling served in the [[Philippines]] with the [[United States Army]] in the [[Spanish-American War]] shortly after completing his medical education.<ref name="AAI">[http://bit.ly/2HuGOtc American Institute of Immunologists: James W. Jobling, M.D.]</ref> After the war, he remained in the Philippines to work with the US government-administered Serum Institute. In 1901, he supervised a large project in which thousands of rats were tested for [[bubonic plague]], which many of them were found to be carrying and which it was feared they would spread through the city.<ref name="War1">[http://bit.ly/2SgqRv7 "Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission 1902 Part 1"], [[Bureau of Insular Affairs]], pg. 570</ref> He was the institute's director from 1902 until 1904. During his tenure as director, Manila experienced a [[cholera]] outbreak; Jobling was one of the physicians with the dangerous task of performing autopsies on suspected cholera victims, and also organized an emergency hospital in the Farola District.<ref name="War2">[http://bit.ly/2Hyvaxr "Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission 1902 Part 1"] pg. 269</ref> He eventually suffered a physical breakdown and took a leave of absence to recover in Japan, being succeeded in his work by physicians Paul C. Freer and [[Richard P. Strong]].<ref name="War3">[http://bit.ly/2S8x6ko "Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission 1902 Part 1"] pg. 264</ref>
After his recuperation, he returned to the United States to undertake postgraduate education at [[Johns Hopkins University]], before traveling to [[Berlin]] to study at the [[Robert Koch Institute]]. He then joined the staff of the [[Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]], where he remained from 1906-1909 and where he began working with [[Simon Flexner]].<ref name="AAI"/> His collaboration with Flexner resulted in the discovery of the Flexner-Jobling Carcinoma, a transplantable tumor discovered in a rat; this carcinoma has served as a test material for cancer for decades, including in some of the experiments of [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]].<ref name="Cancer"> Robertson, Erle S., [http://bit.ly/2HAmmHw "Cancer Associated Viruses"], pg. 15</ref> He left the Rockefeller Institute to become a staff pathologist at Chicago's [[Michael Reese Hospital]], where he remained until 1913. He then left to become a professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, before returning to Tennessee a year later to teach at [[Vanderbilt University]], before finally returning to Columbia in 1918. He spent the rest of his career at Columbia, before retiring in 1945.<ref name="AAI"/>
Jobling was the second president of the American Association of Immunologists, succeeding [[Gerald Bertram Webb]] in 1915. He was one of the editors of the [[Journal of Immunology]] from 1916 until 1935.<ref name="AAI"/> From 1925-1927, he was president of the [[Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine]].<ref name="SEBM">[http://bit.ly/2SdbzH6 SEBM: Past Officers]</ref> He was a charter member of the [[American Association for Cancer Research]].<ref name="AACR">[http://bit.ly/2HAw8cJ AACR Charter Members]</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1876 births]]
[[Category:1961 deaths]]
[[Category:American pathologists]]
[[Category:American public health doctors]]
[[Category:American medical researchers]]
[[Category:19th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:20th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:Columbia University faculty]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt University faculty]]
A graduate of Tennessee Medical College (which became part of [[Lincoln Memorial University]]) in [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], Jobling served in the [[Philippines]] with the [[United States Army]] in the [[Spanish-American War]] shortly after completing his medical education.<ref name="AAI">[http://bit.ly/2HuGOtc American Institute of Immunologists: James W. Jobling, M.D.]</ref> After the war, he remained in the Philippines to work with the US government-administered Serum Institute. In 1901, he supervised a large project in which thousands of rats were tested for [[bubonic plague]], which many of them were found to be carrying and which it was feared they would spread through the city.<ref name="War1">[http://bit.ly/2SgqRv7 "Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission 1902 Part 1"], [[Bureau of Insular Affairs]], pg. 570</ref> He was the institute's director from 1902 until 1904. During his tenure as director, Manila experienced a [[cholera]] outbreak; Jobling was one of the physicians with the dangerous task of performing autopsies on suspected cholera victims, and also organized an emergency hospital in the Farola District.<ref name="War2">[http://bit.ly/2Hyvaxr "Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission 1902 Part 1"] pg. 269</ref> He eventually suffered a physical breakdown and took a leave of absence to recover in Japan, being succeeded in his work by physicians Paul C. Freer and [[Richard P. Strong]].<ref name="War3">[http://bit.ly/2S8x6ko "Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission 1902 Part 1"] pg. 264</ref>
After his recuperation, he returned to the United States to undertake postgraduate education at [[Johns Hopkins University]], before traveling to [[Berlin]] to study at the [[Robert Koch Institute]]. He then joined the staff of the [[Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]], where he remained from 1906-1909 and where he began working with [[Simon Flexner]].<ref name="AAI"/> His collaboration with Flexner resulted in the discovery of the Flexner-Jobling Carcinoma, a transplantable tumor discovered in a rat; this carcinoma has served as a test material for cancer for decades, including in some of the experiments of [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]].<ref name="Cancer"> Robertson, Erle S., [http://bit.ly/2HAmmHw "Cancer Associated Viruses"], pg. 15</ref> He left the Rockefeller Institute to become a staff pathologist at Chicago's [[Michael Reese Hospital]], where he remained until 1913. He then left to become a professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, before returning to Tennessee a year later to teach at [[Vanderbilt University]], before finally returning to Columbia in 1918. He spent the rest of his career at Columbia, before retiring in 1945.<ref name="AAI"/>
Jobling was the second president of the American Association of Immunologists, succeeding [[Gerald Bertram Webb]] in 1915. He was one of the editors of the [[Journal of Immunology]] from 1916 until 1935.<ref name="AAI"/> From 1925-1927, he was president of the [[Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine]].<ref name="SEBM">[http://bit.ly/2SdbzH6 SEBM: Past Officers]</ref> He was a charter member of the [[American Association for Cancer Research]].<ref name="AACR">[http://bit.ly/2HAw8cJ AACR Charter Members]</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1876 births]]
[[Category:1961 deaths]]
[[Category:American pathologists]]
[[Category:American public health doctors]]
[[Category:American medical researchers]]
[[Category:19th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:20th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:Columbia University faculty]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt University faculty]]
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