Memoir of the late John Osgood Stone / by John C. Peters ... Read before the New York Academy of Medicine on Thursday evening, Dec. 21st, 1876.

  • Peters, John C. (John Charles), 1819-1893.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Memoir of the late John Osgood Stone / by John C. Peters ... Read before the New York Academy of Medicine on Thursday evening, Dec. 21st, 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    In September. 1854, he gave us the results of his experience in absolutely necessary amputa- tions of the lower extremities. He published other surgical papers from time to time, and preserved many more in manuscript, which may soon appear in print. His article on Ruptures of the Heart pos- sesses a peculiar interest, for he was destined to die of something of the same kind long afterwards. About twenty years ago Dr. Stone felt obliged to retire from his post of surgeon to the Bellevue Hospital. His increasing private practice rendered him unable to give that large amount of time which his careful attention to surgical cases required. “Commencing practice at first without any spe- cial influence or acquaintance, he won his way steadily; as he gained patients his personal qualities made them attached friends. Xo one ever had occasion to doubt his charity or the kindness of his heart, although his natural con-