John Collins Warren

John Collins Warren ( born August 1, 1778 in Boston, † May 4, 1856 ) was a noted American surgeon of the 19th century.

Life

John Collins Warren, was born in Boston, the son of the surgeon John Warren, one of the founders of the Harvard Medical School. In 1797 he graduated from Harvard College and began the study of medicine, even with his father. From 1799 he attended prestigious European universities in London, Edinburgh and Paris. After his return in 1802 he went into partnership with his father. In 1809 he was an associate professor of anatomy and surgery and took over in 1815 after his father's death ( until 1847 ) the chair of anatomy and surgery at Harvard.

His accumulated during his medical career, numerous anatomical and pathological specimens, he left Harvard, where they served as the foundation for the Warren Anatomical Museum. He died on 4 May 1856.

Merits

Warren was one of the first American surgeons who operated a wide range of diseases. Warren was still the first dean of Harvard Medical School 1816-1819 and initiated the move from Cambridge to Boston. He was a founding member in 1821 and a senior surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital until 1853.

On October 16, 1846 was at Harvard with his participation as a surgeon 's first modern general anesthesia, performed by William Thomas Green Morton, instead of ( " Äthertag of Boston "). By the inhalation of ether vapor (diethyl ether ) Warren managed the removal of a hemangioma at the neck of the patient. He settled after performing in relation to the anesthetic to the words "Gentlemen, this is no humbug! " Carried away.

Warren played a leading role in the founding of the first medical journal New England, the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, later, the New England Journal of Medicine emerged from the. He was also involved in the Boston Anthology Society.