Richardson, Maurice Howe, 1851-1912.

Maurice Howe Richardson (1851-1912), AB, 1873, Harvard College; MD, 1877, Harvard Medical School, was Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Surgeon-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he specialized in abdominal surgery. Richardson was named a surgeon to outpatients at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1882 and eventually became Surgeon in Chief in 1911. Richardson was named Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School in 1887, and was appointed Chair of Clinical Surgery in 1903 and Moseley Professor of Surgery in 1907. He performed the first gastrotomy for the removal of a foreign body through the stomach in 1886; contributed to early diagnosis and surgical prevention of appendicitis; and developed the Richardson abdominal retractor. Richardson published articles on topics including diseases, breast, uterus, and ovarian cancers; and cranial nerve surgery.

From the description of Papers, 1869-1913. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80621331

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