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1 entries match United States [Z01.058] · Gastroenterology & Hepatology [C06 / C04] · Race, Ethnicity & Colonial Medicine [K01.900.850]

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1835 CE

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A case of introsussception in which an operation was successfully resorted to…in December, 1831.

WILSON, John R. W.
WILSON, John R. W.

First operation for intussusception in the United States, performed in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The patient was a negro slave; the operation was a complete success. Reported by Wilson’s pupil, W.W. Thompson.