Williams, Henry W. (Henry Willard), 1821-1895
Variant namesWilliams (Harvard, M.D. 1849) served as a visiting district physician and later as surgeon to the Boston Dispensary, and he taught at the Boylston Medical School, 1850-1855. In 1850 he organized a class of Harvard medical students for instruction in diseases of the eye and became a professor at Harvard in 1871. Williams was one of the first among ophthalmic surgeons to use etherization as a general practice in cataract extraction, and also initiated a reform in ophthalmic therapeutics.
From the description of Papers of Henry Willard Williams, 1822-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281433141
Archival Resources
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
|---|
Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. | person |
| associatedWith | Boston Latin School (Mass.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Clark, Henry Grafton, 1814-1892. | person |
| associatedWith | Dickinson family, collector. | family |
| associatedWith | Donders, F. C. (Franciscus Cornelis), 1818-1889. | person |
| associatedWith | Houghton Mifflin Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 | person |
| associatedWith | Stevens, Charles Wistar, d. 1901. | person |
| associatedWith | Williams, Mary Elizabeth, 1825-1902. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | |||
| San Francisco (Calif.) | |||
| France |
| Subject |
|---|
| Ether |
| Eye |
| Gold mines and mining |
| Ophthalmology |
| Physicians |
| Voyages to the Pacific coast |
| Occupation |
|---|
| Activity |
|---|
Person
Birth 1821
Death 1895
Related Descriptions
Search Elsewhere
Information
