Tag: AMA
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Morris Fishbein, MD—foe of four-flushers, flimflammers, and fakes
Laura King Atlanta, Georgia, United States Morris Fishbein. Harris & Ewing, photographer. [ca. 1938]. Via Library of Congress Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 22, 1889, and raised in Indianapolis, Morris Fishbein emerged from his humble origins as the second eldest of eight children born to a Jewish immigrant tin peddler (Benjamin…
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Potts and Pott
John RaffenspergerFort Meyer, Florida, United States Willis Potts and Percival Pott were both highly skilled surgeons, prolific authors, and contributed to the surgical care of children. Percival Pott (1714–1788) Percival Pott, at age fifteen, apprenticed to Edward Nourse, a surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. He paid 210 pounds for his seven-year apprenticeship. Pott attended lectures…