Fitz, Reginald H. (Reginald Heber), 1843-1913

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Reginald Heber Fitz taught theory and practice of physic at Harvard Medical School.

From the description of Letter : Boston, to [Oliver T.] Osborne, New Haven, 1900 Oct 5. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702162686

From the description of Letter : Boston, to [Oliver T.] Osborne, New Haven, 1900 Oct 5. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 703640321

Fitz (Harvard, M.D. 1868) was a physician at the Boston Dispensary from 1871 to 1882 and taught pathology at the Harvard Medical School from 1873 to 1908. In 1892 he was appointed Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic and served as visiting physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1887-1908. Fitz was the first to identify appendicitis and prescribe appendectomy. He also did research on the pancreas, discovering that pancreatitis is sometimes a complication of hyperparathyroidism.

From the description of Papers of Reginald Heber Fitz, 1841-1929 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281431746
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referencedIn Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1820-1894 Houghton Library
creatorOf Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843-1913. Lectures on the theory and practice of physic, 1894-1895 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Class Book, 1863-1924. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Papers, 1869-1913. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1937 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843-1913. Letter : Boston, to [Oliver T.] Osborne, New Haven, 1900 Oct 5. Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
creatorOf Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843-1913. Some observations on appendicitis, 1905. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Richardson, Maurice Howe, 1851-1912. Papers, 1869-1913. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Harvard Medical School Clubs and Associations Photographs, 1855-1977. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn Morrison, H. (Hyman), b. 1881. Hyman Morrison papers, 1899-1970 (inclusive) 1920-1963 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843-1913. Papers of Reginald Heber Fitz, 1841-1929 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843-1913. Letter : Boston, to [Oliver T.] Osborne, New Haven, 1900 Oct 5. Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
referencedIn Harvard Medical School Clubs and Associations Photographs, ca. 1855-1977. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
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