William Thompson Lusk

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1838 – 1897

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Who was William Thompson Lusk?

William Thompson Lusk was an American obstetrician and a soldier who rose to the rank of Assistant Adjutant-General in the United States Volunteers during the first three years of the American Civil War. After he retired from the Union Army, he finished his medical education and became a professor as well as a president of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He received much recognition and fame for his 1882 book, The Science and Art of Midwifery, which quickly became a widely referenced text.

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Born
May 23, 1838
United States of America
Education
  • Yale University
Died
Jun 12, 1897

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on July 23, 2013

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