Henry Jacob Bigelow (11 March 1818 to 30 October 1890) was an American surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Harvard University, a dominating figure in Boston medicine for many decades. He is remembered for the Bigelow maneuver for hip dislocation, for a technique for the treatment of kidney stones, and for other innovations. He was instrumental in bringing the anesthetic possibilities of ether to the attention of the medical field, and in bringing the case of Phineas Gage to popular awareness. He was also a vocal opponent of vivisection, and played a minor role in the apprehension of the culprit in the Parkman-Webster murder case.
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Henry Jacob Bigelow (March 11, 1818, October 30, 1890) was an American surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Harvard University.
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was an American surgeon
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is remembered for the Bigelow maneuver for hip dislocation, a technique for treatment of kidney stones, and other innovations
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is remembered for the Bigelow maneuver for hip dislocation, a technique for treatment of kidney stones, and other innovations
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