Chevalier Jackson Papers 1890-1964

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Chevalier Jackson Papers 1890-1964

http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/jackson292

Includes biographical data, correspondence, case reports, daybooks, notes for lectures and talks, reprints and printed matter, certificates and diplomas, and photographs.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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Jackson, Chevalier, 1865-1958

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Born in Idlewood, Pennsylvania, Chevalier Jackson attended the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh) and gained his medical education at Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College. While he was professor of laryngology at the University of Pittsburgh, Jackson perfected the design of the bronchoscope. His refinements, a slim brass tube with a light at the end which allowed forceps to be insterted into the lungs or stomach, revolutionized the medical technique of extr...