Lewis Atterbury Stimson

Lewis Atterbury Stimson
Born(1844-08-24)August 24, 1844
DiedSeptember 17, 1917(1917-09-17) (aged 73)
Alma materYale University
Bellevue Medical College
Spouse
Candace Thurber Wheeler
(m. 1866; died 1876)
ChildrenHenry Lewis Stimson
Candace C. Stimson
Parent(s)Henry Clark Stimson
Julia Maria Atterbury
RelativesCandace Wheeler (mother-in-law)
Dr. Henry Loomis (brother-in-law)
Alfred Lee Loomis (nephew)

Lewis Atterbury Stimson (August 24, 1844 – September 17, 1917 ) was an American surgeon who was the first to perform a public operation in the United States using Joseph Lister's antiseptic technique.[1]

  1. ^ Peltier, L. F. (June 1988). "Five Cases of Dislocation of the Hip". Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. 231: 3–6. ISSN 0009-921X.