death_date death_place children birth_place relatives parents birth_date spouse residence image article_title name restingplace occupation
january 20 , 1870 lexington , fayette county , kentucky charles wilkins dudley william ambrose dudley anna tilford spotsylvania county , virginia edward r. tilford -lrb- son-in-law -rrb- ambrose parson dudley ann parker april 12 , 1785 anna maria short fairlawn benjamin winslow dudley.jpg benjamin winslow dudley
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benjamin winslow dudley

benjamin winslow dudley -lrb- 1785-1870 -rrb- was an american surgeon and academic in kentucky , united states .
trained at the university of pennsylvania , in london , and in paris , he performed hundreds of lithotomy , trephinations and treated aneurysms .
in his lectures and writing , he stressed the importance of preparation and cleanliness .
he served as a professor of medicine at transylvania university from 1817 to 1850 , where he taught many future physicians who treated members -lrb- and later veterans -rrb- of the confederate states army .
