Henry Jacob Bigelow
Surgeon, Author
1818 – 1890
Who was Henry Jacob Bigelow?
Henry Jacob Bigelow was an American surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Harvard University. A dominating figure in Boston medicine for many decades, he is remembered for the Bigelow maneuver for hip dislocation, a technique for treatment of kidney stones, and other innovations. He was instrumental in bringing the anesthetic possibilities of ether to the attention of medical men, and rescuing the case of Phineas Gage from relative obscurity.
He was a vocal opponent of vivisection, and played a minor role in the apprehension of the culprit in the Parkman–Webster murder case.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1818
Boston - Also known as
- Бигелоу, Генри Яков
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Dartmouth College
- Died
- Oct 30, 1890
- Resting place
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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