Grant, Francis C. (Francis Clark), 1891-1967

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Francis Clark Grant, Philadelphia neurosurgeon, was born on 9 Nov. 1891. He married Anne Lewis in 1917; they had five children. Grant died of coronary thrombosis on 20 Nov. 1967.

Grant received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1919. He became a resident under neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and succeeded Frazier as professor and chairman of neurosurgery. Grant taught in both the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medicine at the University. During World War II, he trained military surgeons in treatment of injuries to the nervous system. Grant developed an improved ventriculoscope, a laminectomy retractor, a more precise method for spinal fluid pressure determination, and a one-stage cerebellar abscess excision procedure. He became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1926.

From the description of Papers, 1920-1957. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364969

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associatedWith Alpers, Bernard Jacob, 1900- person
associatedWith Bailey, Percival, 1892-1973. person
associatedWith Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. person
associatedWith Dandy, Walter Edward, 1886-1946. person
associatedWith Fay, Temple. person
associatedWith Frazier, Charles H. (Charles Harrison), 1870-1936. person
associatedWith Freeman, Walter, 1895-1972. person
associatedWith Govons, Sidney R. (Sidney Robt.), 1912- person
associatedWith Horrax, Gilbert, 1887-1957. person
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith McKenzie, Kenneth G. (Kenneth George), 1892-1964. person
associatedWith Mixter, William Jason, 1880-1958. person
associatedWith Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976. person
associatedWith Philadelphia Neurological Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Ravdin, Isidore S. (Isidore Schwaner), 1894- person
associatedWith Sachs, Ernest, 1879- person
associatedWith Schaltenbrand, Georges, 1897- person
associatedWith Stookey, Byron, 1887-1966. person
associatedWith University of Pennsylvania. Hospital. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
Analgesia
Brain
Brain
Cordotomy
Frontal lobotomy
War
Head
Intervertebral disk
Nervous system
Neurology
Pituitary gland
Prefrontal lobotomy
Spinal cord
Sympathectomy
Trigeminal neuralgia
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Neurologists
Neurosurgeons
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Birth 1891

Death 1967

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