Henry Jacob Bigelow
American surgeon
Died when: 72 years 233 days (871 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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 was remembered for the for hip dislocation, a technique for treatment of kidney stones, and other innovations.
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.
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