John Blair Deaver

John Blair Deaver (25 July 1855 - 25 September 1931) was an American surgeon, the chief of surgery at the German Hospital in Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century, who was known to be radical in his surgery. His main area of surgery was the abdomen; he was an advocate of early appendectomy in appendicitis. He was described in his obituary as the "great slasher” and his methods led to the phrase "death by Deaver". He wrote five textbooks and nearly 250 articles.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

He was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[7]

References
  1. Deaver, John B. (1987-01-01). "John Blair Deaver". Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 30 (1): 66–71. doi:10.1007/BF02556930. ISSN 1530-0358. S2CID 74777839.(subscription required)
  2. Powell, John L. (March 2001). "John Blair Deaver, MD (1855–1931)". Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. 7 (2): 56. ISSN 2151-8378.(subscription required)
  3. Haubrich, William S. (2006-10-01). "Deaver of the Deaver Retractor". Gastroenterology. 131 (4): 1366. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2006.08.047. ISSN 0016-5085.(subscription required)
  4. Newhook, Timothy E.; Yeo, Charles J.; Maxwell, Pinckney J. (2012). "John Blair Deaver, M.D., and his marvelous retractor". Department of Surgery Gibbon Society Historical Profiles. 78 (2): 155–156. PMID 22369821.
  5. Raffensperger, John G. (2012). Children's Surgery: A Worldwide History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7864-6825-6.
  6. "Hall of Eponyms | The British Association of Urological Surgeons Limited". www.baus.org.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. "John Blair Deaver M.D." www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.


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