John Janvier Black

John Janvier Black (November 6, 1837 - September 27, 1909) was an American surgeon and writer.

John Janvier Black
BornNovember 6, 1837
Delaware City
DiedSeptember 27, 1909
New Castle, Delaware
Occupation(s)Surgeon, writer

Biography

Black was born in Delaware City. He studied at Princeton University and obtained his M.D. from University of Pennsylvania, in 1862.[1] He was resident physician at Blockley Hospital. He worked as a surgeon in New Castle, Delaware.[1] He was President of Delaware Insane Asylum and instituted Delaware State Hospital.[1]

Black was a farmer and fruit-grower.[2] He authored The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear. As a surgeon on his country rounds of thirty to forty miles he carried out successful operations with limited equipment.[1] He was a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He married Jeanie Groome Black in 1872, they had two children.[1] His dieting book Eating to Live was positively reviewed.[3] The California State Journal of Medicine noted that "we have been well impressed with Dr. Black's work; physicians may read it with advantage to themselves and their patients."[4]

Black helped found the National Tuberculosis Association in 1904. He was a founding member of the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society in 1907 and served as president.[5] He died of uremia.[1]

Publications

References
  1. Kelly, Howard A; Burrage, Walter L. (1920). American Medical Biographies. The Norman, Remington Company. pp. 104-105
  2. Anonymous. (1909). Obituary: John Janvier Black. Princeton Alumni Weekly 10: 157-158.
  3. Anonymous. (1907). Reviewed Work: Eating To Live; With Some Advice To The Gouty, The Rheumatic, And The Diabetic by J. Janvier Black. The British Medical Journal 1 (2404): 208.
  4. A. J. L. (1906). Eating To Live With Some Advice to the Gouty, Rheumatic, and the Diabetic. A Book for Everybody. By John Janvier Black California State Journal of Medicine 4 (12): 333-334.
  5. Higgins, Anthony. (1982). John Janvier Black (1837-1909): An Ornament to his Profession. Delaware Medical Journal 54 (4): 233-237.
  6. Anonymous. (1900). Forty Years in the Medical Profession. 1858-1898. Journal of the American Medical Association 35 (10): 638.

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