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Charles Boyd Kelsey (1850-1917) was a pioneer rectal surgeon. His surgical career was dedicated in the surgery of the rectum, anus, hemorrhoids, and pelvis. He invented also surgical instruments. He managed to be recognized as a pioneer of Rectal surgery not only in America but worldwide. He was a prolific writer and a famous teacher.
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Colorectal Surgery , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , United States , Humans , Colorectal Surgery/historySubject(s)
Colorectal Surgery , History, 20th Century , Colorectal Surgery/history , History, 21st Century , Humans , MinnesotaABSTRACT
In this biography, the life of William Hugh Isbister is traced through three continents, where he planted the seeds of academic surgery into a generation of leaders in colorectal surgery. This ultimately improved the care for thousands of patients. His last station in Saudi Arabia made a huge impact on the country. I hope this article inspires others to write about their mentors who were important in their development as surgeons and physicians. Short biographies of these important figures will serve as a valuable historical record for generations to come.
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Colorectal Surgery , Physicians , Humans , History, 20th Century , Saudi Arabia , Colorectal Surgery/education , Colorectal Surgery/history , Leadership , Patient Care/history , Patient Care/standards , Mentors/historyABSTRACT
Joseph M. Mathews' study at St. Mark's Hospital (London) in the 1877 to 1878 winter was followed shortly by a landmark move toward specialization in the United States: Mathews' heading of a Special Commission on Rectal Diseases appointed at the 23rd Annual Session of the Kentucky State Medical Society, held April 2 to 4, 1878. Various "rectal specialists," under various makeshift titles, were lecturing and publishing by the mid-1890s. The world's first proctologic journal, published between 1894 and 1898, was Mathews' Medical Quarterly, from its inception interpellating a community of colleagues.
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Colonoscopy/history , Colorectal Surgery/history , Rectal Diseases/history , Sigmoidoscopy/history , Colorectal Surgery/organization & administration , Colorectal Surgery/statistics & numerical data , Endoscopy, Digestive System/history , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Male , Publishing/history , Publishing/statistics & numerical data , United StatesSubject(s)
Colorectal Surgery/history , Colostomy/history , Colorectal Surgery/methods , Colorectal Surgery/trends , Colostomy/methods , Colostomy/trends , Europe , France , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Laparoscopy/history , Laparoscopy/methods , Laparoscopy/trends , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/history , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/trends , Robotic Surgical Procedures/history , Robotic Surgical Procedures/methods , Robotic Surgical Procedures/trends , United StatesABSTRACT
The early history of the American medical specialty of proctology before the 1899 establishment of the American Proctologic Society was animated by an extensive scene of itinerant pile doctors, from at least as far back as 1871. It was inspired by the initially proprietary carbolic acid injection treatment of hemorrhoids credited to Milton W. Mitchell (1833?-1887), long known only from oral history. Expanded entrepreneurial approaches seen in the 1880s are exemplified by the work of the initial exploiters of Mitchell's method, Alexander William Brinkerhoff (1821-1887) and son, and a mid-1920s recommercialization of "ambulant proctology" by its ambassador Charles Elton Blanchard.
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Colorectal Surgery/history , Hemorrhoids/drug therapy , Phenol/therapeutic use , Physicians/history , Sclerosing Solutions/therapeutic use , Colorectal Surgery/methods , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Male , Phenol/administration & dosage , Phenol/history , Sclerosing Solutions/administration & dosage , Sclerosing Solutions/history , United States/epidemiologySubject(s)
Colorectal Surgery/history , England , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , United StatesSubject(s)
Colorectal Surgery/history , Chicago , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , IranSubject(s)
Humans , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Surgical Equipment/history , Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery/history , Robotic Surgical Procedures/trends , Transanal Endoscopic Surgery/history , Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery/history , Colorectal Surgery/history , Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery/methods , Transanal Endoscopic Surgery/instrumentation , Transanal Endoscopic Surgery/methods , Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery/methodsABSTRACT
Frederick Salmon was born in Bath. From his early career, he was fond of surgery, mostly interested in proctology. He had been specialized in London at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was the founder of "The Infirmary for the Relief of the Poor Afflicted with Fistula and Other Disease of the Rectum," and the writer of one of the most important surgical treatises, the " Practical Observations on Prolapsus of the Rectum." In this book, Salmon described an innovative operation for procidentia, based on the principle "trans-fixing pins and excision." Although his work was too significant for the era, he was almost completely neglected by historians, most probably due to his clash with his fellow surgeons, who had been considered by him as scientifically inadequate in anorectal diseases.