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'''Mark Frederick Boyd''' (1889–1968) was an American physician and writer. He studied and wrote about tropical diseases, in particular, [[malaria]], in the Western hemisphere. He also wrote about the history of Florida.
'''Mark Frederick Boyd''' (1889–1968) was an American physician and writer. He studied and wrote about tropical diseases, in particular, [[malaria]], in the Western hemisphere. He also wrote about the history of Florida.


Boyd received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the [[University of Iowa|State University of Iowa]] in 1911, and a [[Master of Science]] degree from there in 1913. He worked in public health and taught hygiene in Iowa, bacteriology in Nevada, and both in Texas. Boyd became a staff member of the [[International Health Division|International Health Board]] of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1921, remaining with that institution until his retirement in 1947. He worked on field studies on malaria in Brazil from 1922 to 1925. He moved to [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in 1931, and established a research laboratory for the International Health Board. He taught malaria control measures to officials in Jamaica, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina. Although most of his work was on malaria, he also studied and published on [[typhus]], [[leprosy]], [[Plague (disease)|plague]], [[lyssavirus]], and [[Trichomonas]]. He received a [[Professional degrees of public health|Master of Public Health]] degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1947. He was an officer of the [[American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|National Malaria Society]] for 16 years, and was elected president in 1946. He was also president of the [[American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|American Society of Tropical Medicine]] and served on the [[Florida Department of Health|Florida State Board of Public Health]] from 1947 to 1952. He was in charge of the malaria service station at the [[Florida State Hospital]] in [[Chattahoochee, Florida|Chattahoochee]]. In 1950, he was awarded an [[honorary degree]] in Science by the [[Florida State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boyd, Mark F. (Mark Frederick), 1889-1968 - Social Networks and Archival Context|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xk9cx4|access-date=2020-06-19|website=[[SNAC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark F. Boyd Collection |url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0037 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418230653/https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0037 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=University of Miami Library Digital Collections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=22 October 1921|title=New honor is Dr. M.F. Boyds|page=4|work=[[Iowa City Press-Citizen]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20678692/iowa-city-press-citizen/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=St.Aug>{{Cite web |title=Mark Frederick Boyd |url=https://sahs.pastperfectonline.com/archive/16DE7308-1004-42E0-88BE-289617725092 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505214459/https://sahs.pastperfectonline.com/archive/16DE7308-1004-42E0-88BE-289617725092 |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded|url=https://ir.fsu.edu/Factbooks/2018-19/Honorary_Degrees.pdf|website=[[Florida State University]]}}</ref><ref name=younamedit>{{Cite web |title=Mark Federick Boyd |url=http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2999.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129012035/http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2999.html |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=WhoNamedIt}}</ref><ref name=memoriam/>
Boyd received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the [[University of Iowa|State University of Iowa]] in 1911, and a [[Master of Science]] degree from there in 1913. He worked in public health and taught hygiene in Iowa, bacteriology in Nevada, and both in Texas. Boyd became a staff member of the [[International Health Division|International Health Board]] of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1921, remaining with that institution until his retirement in 1947. He directed the International Health Board study of the epidemiology of malaria in the state of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil from 1922 to 1925. He moved to [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in 1931, and established a research laboratory for the International Health Board at the [[Florida State University|Florida State College for Women]], where he had full faculty priviledges. He taught malaria control measures to officials in Jamaica, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina. Although most of his work was on malaria, he also studied and published on [[typhus]], [[leprosy]], [[Plague (disease)|plague]], [[lyssavirus]], and [[Trichomonas]]. He received a [[Professional degrees of public health|Master of Public Health]] degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1947. He was an officer of the [[American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|National Malaria Society]] for 16 years, and was elected president in 1946. He was also president of the [[American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|American Society of Tropical Medicine]] and served on the [[Florida Department of Health|Florida State Board of Public Health]] from 1947 to 1952. He was in charge of the malaria service station at the [[Florida State Hospital]] in [[Chattahoochee, Florida|Chattahoochee]]. In 1950, he was awarded an [[honorary degree]] in Science by the [[Florida State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boyd, Mark F. (Mark Frederick), 1889-1968 - Social Networks and Archival Context|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xk9cx4|access-date=2020-06-19|website=[[SNAC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark F. Boyd Collection |url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0037 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418230653/https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0037 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=University of Miami Library Digital Collections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=22 October 1921|title=New honor is Dr. M.F. Boyds|page=4|work=[[Iowa City Press-Citizen]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20678692/iowa-city-press-citizen/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Griffing |first=Sean Michael |last2=Tauil |first2=Pedro Luiz |last3=Udhayakumar |first3=Venkatachalam |last4=Silva-Flannery |first4=Luciana |date=September 2015 |title=A historical perspective on malaria control in Brazil |url=http://www.scielo.br/j/mioc/a/t3qmwXkP3jxvVJPjzpLttvB/?lang=en |journal=Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |language=en |volume=110 |at=Brazil's first national malaria control efforts |doi=10.1590/0074-02760150041 |issn=0074-0276}}</ref><ref name=St.Aug>{{Cite web |title=Mark Frederick Boyd |url=https://sahs.pastperfectonline.com/archive/16DE7308-1004-42E0-88BE-289617725092 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505214459/https://sahs.pastperfectonline.com/archive/16DE7308-1004-42E0-88BE-289617725092 |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded|url=https://ir.fsu.edu/Factbooks/2018-19/Honorary_Degrees.pdf|website=[[Florida State University]]}}</ref><ref name=younamedit>{{Cite web |title=Mark Federick Boyd |url=http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2999.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129012035/http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2999.html |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=WhoNamedIt}}</ref><ref name=memoriam/>

[[Pyrotherapy]], or malariatherapy, was an attempt to treat [[syphilis]] by introducing malaria parasites into the syphilis patients. Pyrotherapy was widely studied in the first half of the 20th century. In 1931, Mark Boyd began studying the use of malariatherapy at the Florida State Hospital. While the study of malariatherapy was usually focused on the syphilis infections, Boyd concentrated his studies on malaria.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Humphreys |first=Margaret |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Useful_Bodies/sUenb9Wl6LkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mark+boyd+tallahassee+obituary+1968&pg=PA59&printsec=frontcover |title=Useful Bodies |publisher=The Johns Hoplins University Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-8018-7342-8 |editor-last=Goodman |editor-first=Jordan |chapter=Whose Body? Which Disease? Studying Malaria while Treating Neurosyphilis |editor-last2=McElligott |editor-first2=Anthony |editor-last3=Marks |editor-first3=Lara}}</ref>


Boyd also studied and wrote about the history of Florida, in particular, about [[Spanish Florida]] and Native American groups. He was president of the [[Florida Historical Society]] from 1946 until 1949.<ref name=younamedit/>
Boyd also studied and wrote about the history of Florida, in particular, about [[Spanish Florida]] and Native American groups. He was president of the [[Florida Historical Society]] from 1946 until 1949.<ref name=younamedit/>

Revision as of 21:47, 17 August 2022

Mark Frederick Boyd
Mark Frederick Boyd
Born(1889-05-21)May 21, 1889
St. Paul, Minnesota
DiedMay 31, 1968(1968-05-31) (aged 79)
Tallahassee, Florida
OccupationMalaria specialist
SpouseRuth Harris Boyd
ChildrenThree daughters[1]

Mark Frederick Boyd (1889–1968) was an American physician and writer. He studied and wrote about tropical diseases, in particular, malaria, in the Western hemisphere. He also wrote about the history of Florida.

Boyd received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the State University of Iowa in 1911, and a Master of Science degree from there in 1913. He worked in public health and taught hygiene in Iowa, bacteriology in Nevada, and both in Texas. Boyd became a staff member of the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1921, remaining with that institution until his retirement in 1947. He directed the International Health Board study of the epidemiology of malaria in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1922 to 1925. He moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1931, and established a research laboratory for the International Health Board at the Florida State College for Women, where he had full faculty priviledges. He taught malaria control measures to officials in Jamaica, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina. Although most of his work was on malaria, he also studied and published on typhus, leprosy, plague, lyssavirus, and Trichomonas. He received a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University in 1947. He was an officer of the National Malaria Society for 16 years, and was elected president in 1946. He was also president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and served on the Florida State Board of Public Health from 1947 to 1952. He was in charge of the malaria service station at the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee. In 1950, he was awarded an honorary degree in Science by the Florida State University.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][1]

Pyrotherapy, or malariatherapy, was an attempt to treat syphilis by introducing malaria parasites into the syphilis patients. Pyrotherapy was widely studied in the first half of the 20th century. In 1931, Mark Boyd began studying the use of malariatherapy at the Florida State Hospital. While the study of malariatherapy was usually focused on the syphilis infections, Boyd concentrated his studies on malaria.[9]

Boyd also studied and wrote about the history of Florida, in particular, about Spanish Florida and Native American groups. He was president of the Florida Historical Society from 1946 until 1949.[8]

The bacteria Shigella boydii is named for Boyd.[8]

Boyd published several books in medicine and history, including:[10]

Medicine
  • Preventative medicine
  • Malariology; a comprehensive survey of all aspects of this group of diseases from a global standpoint
  • An introduction to malariology
  • Studies of the epidimiology of malaria in the coastal lowlands of Brazil, made before and after the execution of control measures
  • Conferencias sobre malaria ofrecidas en el Instituto Finlay
Florida History
  • Here they once stood: the tragic end of the Apalachee missions (with Hale G. Smith and John W Griffin)
  • Florida Aflame; the background and onset of the Seminole War
  • Historic sites in and around the Jim Woodruff Reservoir area, Florida-Georgia
  • The Federal campaign of 1864 in East Florida
  • Asi-Yahola, or Osceola

References

  1. ^ a b "In Memoriam". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 76: 11. 1969 – via UNI Scholarworks.
  2. ^ "Boyd, Mark F. (Mark Frederick), 1889-1968 - Social Networks and Archival Context". SNAC. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ "Mark F. Boyd Collection". University of Miami Library Digital Collections. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; April 18, 2021 suggested (help)
  4. ^ "New honor is Dr. M.F. Boyds". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 22 October 1921. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Griffing, Sean Michael; Tauil, Pedro Luiz; Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam; Silva-Flannery, Luciana (September 2015). "A historical perspective on malaria control in Brazil". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 110. Brazil's first national malaria control efforts. doi:10.1590/0074-02760150041. ISSN 0074-0276.
  6. ^ "Mark Frederick Boyd". St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Honorary Degrees Awarded" (PDF). Florida State University.
  8. ^ a b c "Mark Federick Boyd". WhoNamedIt. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Humphreys, Margaret (2003). "Whose Body? Which Disease? Studying Malaria while Treating Neurosyphilis". In Goodman, Jordan; McElligott, Anthony; Marks, Lara (eds.). Useful Bodies. The Johns Hoplins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7342-8.
  10. ^ "Boyd, Mark F. (Mark Frederick) 1889-1968". WorldCat Identities. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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