Zabdiel Boylston

Physician, Deceased Person

1676 – 1766

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Who was Zabdiel Boylston?

Zabdiel Boylston, FRS was a physician in the Boston area. He apprenticed with his father, an English surgeon named Thomas Boylston. He also studied under the Boston physician Dr. Cutler, never attending a formal medical school.

Boylston is known for holding several "firsts" for an American-born physician: He performed the first surgical operation by an American physician, the first removal of gall bladder stones in 1710, and was the first to remove a breast tumor in 1718.

He was a great uncle of both president John Adams, and philanthropist Ward Nicholas Boylston.

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Born
Mar 9, 1676
Brookline
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Mar 1, 1766
Brookline

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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