John Collins Warren
Surgeon
1778 – 1856
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Who was John Collins Warren?
John Collins Warren, of Boston, was one of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century. In 1846 he gave permission to William T.G. Morton to provide ether anesthesia while Warren performed a minor surgical procedure. News of this first public demonstration of surgical anesthesia quickly circulated around the world. He was a founder of the New England Journal of Medicine and was the third president of the American Medical Association. He was the first Dean of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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- Born
- Aug 1, 1778
Boston - Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Harvard College
- Lived in
- Boston
- Died
- May 4, 1856
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on July 23, 2013
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