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JOSEPH O'DWYER 1841-1898

JOSEPH O'DWYER 1841-1898 Joseph O'Dwyer, one of the brightest lights of American pediatrics, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 12, 1841. His early life was spent in Canada near London, Ontario, where he went to school and began his medical studies under a preceptor, Dr. Anderson. In 1864 he went to New York and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated in 1866. He was made an intern in the Charity Hospital, and during the epidemic of cholera he had entire charge of the medical service at Blackwell's Island. Subsequently typhus fever broke out, and he contracted the disease but made an uneventful recovery. In 1868-1869 he was admitting officer to the hospitals under the department of charities and correction. He opened an office at Second Avenue and Fifty-Fifth Street and began teaching classes in diagnosis. He was associated with the New York Foundling Hospital from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1935 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1935.01970100176016
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Abstract

Joseph O'Dwyer, one of the brightest lights of American pediatrics, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 12, 1841. His early life was spent in Canada near London, Ontario, where he went to school and began his medical studies under a preceptor, Dr. Anderson. In 1864 he went to New York and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated in 1866. He was made an intern in the Charity Hospital, and during the epidemic of cholera he had entire charge of the medical service at Blackwell's Island. Subsequently typhus fever broke out, and he contracted the disease but made an uneventful recovery. In 1868-1869 he was admitting officer to the hospitals under the department of charities and correction. He opened an office at Second Avenue and Fifty-Fifth Street and began teaching classes in diagnosis. He was associated with the New York Foundling Hospital from the

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American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1935

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