SMITH, Nathan
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Case of ovarian dropsy, successfully removed by a surgical operation.Amer. Med. Recorder, 5, 124-26, 1822.Smith was the first in the U.S.A. after McDowell to perform ovariotomy, for ovarian edema. Smith was apparently without knowledge of the previous operations of McDowell. Subjects: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › GYNECOLOGY › Oophorectomy |
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A practical essay on typhous fever.New York: E. Bliss & E. White, 1824.Nathan Smith left a classic account of typhoid; this was reprinted in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 781-819 He clearly recognized the contagious nature of the disease. Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Salmonellosis › Typhoid Fever |
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On the amputation of the knee-joint.Amer. med. Rev., 2, 370-71, 1825.Smith amputated the knee-joint in 1824, being the first in America to do so. Subjects: ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Surgery & Treatments › Amputations: Excisions: Resections |
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Observations on the pathology and treatment of necrosis.Philad. month. J. Med., 1, 11-19, 66-75., Philadelphia, 1827.Classic early account of osteomyelitis. Smith trephined for bone necrosis. Reproduced in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 820-38. |