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Philip Physick, Father of American Surgery

Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837) was an American physician. One of the foremost surgeons of the time, he was among the few doctors who remained in the city to care for the sick during Philadelphia's decimating yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Physick pioneered the use of the stomach pump, used autopsy as a regular means of observation and discovery, excelled in cataract surgery, and was responsible for the design of a number of surgical instruments, such as the needle forceps, the guillotine/snare for performing tonsillectomies, and improved splints and traction devices for treatment of dislocations; he also innovated many operative techniques. He was dubbed the "Father of American Surgery.

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Philip Physick, Father of American Surgery

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Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837) was an American physician. One of the foremost surgeons of the time, he was among the few doctors who remained in the city to care for the sick during Philadelphia's decimating yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Physick pioneered the use of the stomach pump, used autopsy as a regular means of observation and discovery, excelled in cataract surgery, and was responsible for the design of a number of surgical instruments, such as the needle forceps, the guillotine/snare for performing tonsillectomies, and improved splints and traction devices for treatment of dislocations; he also innovated many operative techniques. He was dubbed the "Father of American Surgery

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