Henry Jacob Bigelow

Henry Jacob Bigelow
BornMarch 11, 1818
DiedOctober 30, 1890(1890-10-30) (aged 72)
Burial placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Education
Occupation(s)Professor, surgeon
Known forLigament of Bigelow
ChildrenWilliam Sturgis Bigelow
FatherJacob Bigelow
Bigelow c. 1854

Henry Jacob Bigelow (March 11, 1818 – October 30, 1890) was an American surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Harvard University. A dominating figure in Boston medicine for many decades, he is remembered for the Bigelow maneuver for hip dislocation, a technique for treatment of kidney stones, and other innovations.[1][2] He was instrumental in bringing the anesthetic possibilities of ether to the attention of medical men, and rescuing the case of Phineas Gage from relative obscurity. He was a vocal opponent of vivisection, and played a minor role in the apprehension of the culprit in the Parkman–Webster murder case.

  1. ^ Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). "Bigelow, Henry Jacob" . American Medical Biographies . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
  2. ^ Bigelow, William Sturgis; Bigelow, Henry Jacob (1894). A Memoir of Henry Jacob Bigelow. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Retrieved May 20, 2017.