SMITH, Nathan (1762 – 1829)
1762 – 1829
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1822 CE
#6024
Case of ovarian dropsy, successfully removed by a surgical operation.
Smith was the first in the U.S.A. after McDowell to perform ovariotomy, for ovarian edema. Smith was apparently without knowledge of the previous operations of McDowell.
1824 CE
#5022
A practical essay on typhous fever.
Nathan Smith left a classic account of typhoid; this was reprinted in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 781-819 He clearly recognized the contagious nature of the disease.
1825 CE
#4450
On the amputation of the knee-joint.
Smith amputated the knee-joint in 1824, being the first in America to do so.
1827 CE
#4313
Observations on the pathology and treatment of necrosis.
Classic early account of osteomyelitis. Smith trephined for bone necrosis. Reproduced in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 820-38.