Henry Jacob Bigelow | |
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Born | March 11, 1818 |
Died | October 30, 1890 | (aged 72)
Burial place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
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Occupation(s) | Professor, surgeon |
Known for | Ligament of Bigelow |
Children | William Sturgis Bigelow |
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Henry Jacob Bigelow (March 11, 1818 – October 30, 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, a technique for treatment of kidney stones, and other innovations.[1][2] He was instrumental in bringing the anesthetic possibilities of ether to the attention of medical men, and rescuing the case of Phineas Gage from relative obscurity. He was a vocal opponent of vivisection, and played a minor role in the apprehension of the culprit in the Parkman–Webster murder case.