Notes on surgery taken from the lectures of Philip Syng Physick, M.D., professor of surgery in the University of Pennsylvania, 1808-1810 / taken by William Elmer.

University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Elmer, William, 1788-1836.

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William Elmer was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey to Dr. Jonathan and Mary Elmer on March 23, 1788. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1811. In 1812 he returned to Bridgeton to set up medical practice, but retired in 1822. He was an active member of the Cumberland District Medical Society. Dr. Elmer suffered from rheumatism during the later part of his life and it is attributed to hastening his early death, at the age of 48, on May 6, 1836. Fr...

Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837

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American physician considered to be the father of American surgery. From the description of Letters : Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun, Md., and Wilmington, Del., 1810 June 29 and 1821 Oct. 25. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24851622 Philadelphia-born surgeon. A former student of Dr. Adam Kuhn, Physick became known as the "Father of American Surgery." He lectured on surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where the position of "chair of surgery...