Bence Jones Island in Shepherd Bay, Nunavut: a little known tribute to the legendary physician and chemist’s “thé de voyage”

• Published in: Haematologica
• Main Authors: Lichtman, Marshall A., Reading, Edward M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Fondazione Ferrata Storti 2022
• Subjects: Hematologic Historical Vignette; Boothia Isthmus; Canada; Jones Island; Northwest Passage; Nunavut; Pacific; Rae; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9713545/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35979722; https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2022.281864

Henry Bence Jones is among the esteemed physicians of the mid-19(th) century. Eighteen biographical medical journal articles, published between 1952 and 2021, describe his life and contributions to medicine. Unmentioned, however, is an island in the waters of Shepherd Bay in northern Canada, now Nun...