Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1223

PHILIP SYNG PHYSICK (1768-1837) Description of a forceps, employed to facilitate the extirpation of the tonsil. (In American journal of the medical sciences. Vol. 2 (1828), pp. 116-117.) 20.8 cm.

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Physick was not a prolific author and most of his writings were for the journals of his day. Nevertheless, he was a key figure in the development and advancement of the surgical art in America at a time when medicine was making rapid strides in Europe. Typical of Physick's contributions to the literature is this brief communication on his development of the modern tonsillotome.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 3255