FOWLER, George Ryerson (1848 – 1906)
1848 – 1906
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Unknown author Unknown author · The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume IV, 1893, page 194 · Public domain
1893 CE
#3179
A case of thoracoplasty for the removal of a large cicatricial fibrous growth from the interior of the chest, the result of an old empyema.
First thoracoplasty.
1900 CE
#5623
Diffuse septic peritonitis, with special reference to a new method of treatment, namely, the elevated head and trunk posture, to facilitate drainage into the pelvis, with a report of nine consecutive cases of recovery.
First description of the “Fowler position”. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1940, 4, 551-80. Fowler was preceded in this innovation by Charles White. See No. 6270.