FIRST - Gall Stone Removal Surgery -Indianapolis, Indiana
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BruceS
N 39° 45.999 W 086° 09.494
16S E 572097 N 4402196
Plaque marking the location of where the first successful gall stone removal surgery took place in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WMD9Q8
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2011
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From plaque:
Here In 1867
Dr. John Stough Bobbs
Performed The First
Successful Removal
Of Gall Stones In Man
Dr. John Stough Bobbs (Born December 28, 1809, Died April 12, 1870) was an American physician who performed the first U.S. gallstone operation in Indianapolis and became known as "he father of cholecystotomy." He was the a commissioner of the state's first hospital, The Indiana Hospital for the Insane. He was the a vocal advocte for a medical in Indiana and founded the Indiana Medical College in 1869 which was incorporated into the Indian University School of Medicine in 1908. He had served as a state senator (1856-60). During the Civil War he served as a civilian brigade surgeon. - source
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