Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890

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Surgeon of Boston, Massachusetts.

From the description of Henry Jacob Bigelow note, undated, [Boston]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847379

Bigelow (Harvard, M.D. 1841) taught surgery at Harvard Medical School from 1849 until 1882, and was appointed visiting surgeon to the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846 from which he resigned in 1886. Bigelow was the leading surgeon in New England during his lifetime, the first in the U.S. to excise the hip joint, and known also for popularizing and making workable the operation of litholapaxy.

From the description of Papers of Henry Jacob Bigelow, 1840-1889 (inclusive), 1881-1889 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281432032
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referencedIn Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Manuscript of the Tribute to the Memory of Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow, 1890-1903 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Nichols, George, 1809-1882. Correspondence, 1827-1885 Houghton Library
referencedIn Charles Brooks Brigham Papers, 1866-1902 University of California, San Francisco. . Library Archives and Special Collections.
referencedIn Photographs of Harvard professors including Oliver W. Holmes, H.W. Longfellow, and James Russell Lowell [manuscript], ca.1864. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. William Stugis Bigelow papers, 1861-1925. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890. Papers of Henry Jacob Bigelow, 1840-1889 (inclusive), 1881-1889 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Papers of Professor Henry William Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine Interiors. Images, ca. 1962-1998. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn Parkman family papers, 1793-1896 Houghton Library
referencedIn Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880. Papers, 1871, July 21-Aug. 9, Boston. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866 Houghton Library
creatorOf Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890. Henry Jacob Bigelow note, undated, [Boston]. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
creatorOf Brigham, Charles Brooks, 1845-1903. Papers, 1866-1902. University of California, San Francisco
creatorOf Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890. Biographie Americaine, 1800-1900. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1820-1894 Houghton Library
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associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. person
associatedWith Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880. person
associatedWith Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867 person
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associatedWith Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904. person
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Death 1890-10-30

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