Evening star., 1953-03-29

essayist and philosoplaic critic.
Best known to the American
public for his writings, he also
had q great career in the heal
ing arts. One Of the founders
of fremont Medical School,
Boston. he served as professor
Of anatomy and physiology
at Dartmouth and Harvard
and was dean Of the Harvard
Medical School. His paper In
1913 on "The Contagiousness
of Plerperal Fever" was the
f1rst American attempt to cor
relate the experience Of doc
tors with this frequent cause
Of death among mothers.
Ephraim Mcdowell (1771-
1890. surgeon. Educated in
Scotland. he returned to Dam
vile, KY, to practice. In 1909,
before the day Of aseptic sur
gerry or anesthesia, he per-
formed the first ovariotomy by
abdominal section. His sue
cesses in this field opened the
way for abdominal surgery as
now conducted.
Sir william Osler (1849.
1919. physician, teacher, med
ical historian, a model for
climcians in his native Canada,
in the United States. where he
spent his most productive
years. and in England, where
he died. Professor of Clini-
cal Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania and one Of
"the famous four" of the
Johns Hopkins Medical School
and Hospital. Introduced bed
side method of instruction and
wrote Principles and Practice
Of Medicine"-still a classic
text.
Howard r. Rickets (1871-
1910, pathologist. Demon
Strated the transmission Of
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
by wood-tickS and Mexican
typhus by lice. He died a mar
tyr to his researches in micro
organisms now known as Ric-
kettSia.
James Marion Sims (18l3-
1889, surgeon, q gynecologiSt
Of international reputation.
Invented new instruments and
techniques for examination
and operation. Developed pro-
cedure for repair of vesico-vag-
tnal flstula resulting from
childbirth.
Theobald Smith (1859-1934),
bacteriologist. He showed that
f1ltrates Of killed bacillus of
hog cholera confer immunity
on injected animals and DEM
onstrated that cattle ticks
transmit Texas cattle fever.
George Miller Sternberg
(1838-1915), Army surgeon
and bacteriologist, Surgeon
General, 1893-19O2. A pioneer
in archaeological research, he
sponsored the Typhoid Fever
Board, the Yellow Fever Com
mission and the first Tropical
Disease Board and was re-
sponsible for the establish
ment Of the Army Medical
School, the Army Nurse Corps
and the organization Of q con-
tract dental service in the
Army.
William Henry Welch 1880
1880, pathologist and bac-
teriologist. First professor Of
pathology at Bellevue Hospital,
New York. and one Of the four
founders Of Johns Hopkins
Medical School, where he also
was professor Of pathology.
Then Director Of the School
Of Hygiene and Public Health
and professor Of medical his
tory. His students included
Walter Reed and many other
soundly trained pathologists
and clinicians.
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