Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley), 1859-1917

John Kearsley Mitchell, son of S. Weir and Mary Middleton (Elwyn) Mitchell, was born in Philadelphia in 1859. Mitchell earned an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. He was married to Anne K. Williams. Mitchell died in Philadelphia in 1917.

Mitchell was a resident physician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Episcopal Hospital. After his residency, he assisted William Osler at the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases; he later became a visiting surgeon at this hospital. Mitchell wrote books and articles about the physical effects of massage and the nervous disorders of women, but he is best known for his "Remote consequences of injuries of nerves, and their treatment" (1895); in preparing this work, Mitchell re-examined surviving patients studied by his father. John K. Mitchell became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1888.

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