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E004469 - Platt, Walter Brewster (1853 - 1922)
Title:
Platt, Walter Brewster (1853 - 1922)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004469
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-10-04
Description:
Obituary for Platt, Walter Brewster (1853 - 1922), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Platt, Walter Brewster
Date of Birth:
1853
Place of Birth:
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Date of Death:
30 October 1922
Place of Death:
Baltimore, USA
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Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 19 April 1881

FRCS 13 December 1883

MD Harvard 1879
Details:
Born at Waterbury, Connecticut in 1853, and educated at Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He practised at 802 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland and was superintendent of the Robert Garrett Hospital for Children. He was a member of the Southern Surgical Association. He died at Baltimore of heart disease on 30 October 1922. He appears from his writings to have taken some interest in the history of his profession. Publications: Some observations on the antiseptic and physiological action of resorcin. *Amer J med Sci* 1883, 85, 89. A three months' surgical service at Bay View Hospital, Baltimore, Md. *Trans Med Chir Fac Md* 1885, 87, and separately: Baltimore, 1885. The climate of St Moritz, Upper Engadine, Switzerland. *Trans Amer Climat Ass* 1887, 4, 137. Baron von Langenbeck, surgeon-general of the German army, professor of surgery in the University of Berlin. *Johns Hopk Hosp Bull* 1894, 5, 69. Some account of Baron Larrey, surgeon to the armies of France under Napoleon I. *Maryland med J* 1894, 31, 159. Medicine as a profession. *Boston med surg J* 1899, 141, 29. A report of 35 cases of hip joint disease treated at the Robert Garrett Hospital for Children, Baltimore. *Trans Sth surg gynec Ass* 1899, 11, 443. Translator of R Ultzmann *Pyuria*. New York, 1884.
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Information given by the manager of the Directory department, American Medical Association, Chicago
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004400-E004499
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