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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Exsection of the clavicle.

MCCREARY, Charles (1785 – 1826)

Publication Details

Trans. Kentucky med. Soc. (1852), 2, 276-77. 1853 CE.

J. H. Johnson (New Orleans med. surg. J., 1850, 6, 474-76) stated that McCreary performed the first resection of the clavicle in the United States on 4 May, 1811. Valentine Mott reported the operation in 1828. See No. 4452.

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Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: New Orleans, LA