Person Preferred Name

Thomas Caspar Gilchrist

Thomas Caspar Gilchrist

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Signed portrait of Thomas Caspar Gilchrist, MD (1862-1927), set in oval frame. Inscribed “to my friend, Howard Fox.” Dr. Gilchrist was an American dermatologist who taught at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is known for his discovery of the fungal infection Gilchrist’s disease, also known as blastomycosis.