Edmund Andrews (April 22, 1824 - January 22, 1904) was an American doctor, pioneer in surgery and medical education in the Western United States. He is one of the founders of the Northwestern University Medical Department.
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Biography
Andrews was born in Putney, Vermont, son of Betsy Lathrop and Reverend Elisha D. Andrews, minister of the city's congregation. There, and in Rochester, New York, he received his early education. He comes from the first one devoted to botany and geology. At the age of 17 years his family moved to central Michigan. While studying at the University of Michigan, he excelled in mathematics and natural sciences and became president of the literary society on his campus. He graduated with a B.A. in 1849. He enters Dr.'s office. Z. Pitcher, Detroit, in 1850, and attended lectures at the University of Michigan Medical Department. At the end of his first year he was anatomical demonstrator; received a degree in medicine the following year, 1851, and later became a lecturer in comparative anatomy. He received his Master of Arts degree in 1852 from the university, and two years later was appointed a professor of comparative anatomy. He was one of the founders of the Michigan State Medical Society, and in 1853 began the publication of the Journal of Medicine and Population Rights. .
In 1855 he was appointed an anatomy protester at Rush Medical College, but resigned after a year and devoted himself to practice, especially for surgery. Immediately after his arrival in Chicago, he helped establish the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and was his first president, serving several times in this capacity. Shortly after this, he, in conjunction with Dr. Horace Wardner, founded a charity clinic, and a private surgery room, where she taught classes in anatomy. He is one of the founders of Chicago Medical College, and his first professor of surgery. This last position he holds actively or emeritus until his death. He is also a surgeon at Mercy Hospital. When the Civil War broke out, he was made First Illinois Light Artillery surgeon, but after a year was forced to resign for reasons of illness that arose in the service. He was the first person to make and keep a complete medical record of the sick and injured in the war, and his record was accepted by the general surgeon and formed the basis on which records from the office had been kept. He was a pioneer in practical antisepsis, and was the first person in the west who used the Lister method after his exploits.
Andrews for many years members of the American Medical Association, Michigan State Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, the Chicago Medical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Chicago Academy of Sciences, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, etc. For several years he became the guardian of Northwestern University. He contributed largely to medical literature. Andrews collected and published statistics of 92,815 cases of ether anesthesia and 117,078 cases of chloroform anesthesia, indicating a relative risk in the use of both agents.
Andrews is a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, and a constant contributor to religious magazines, whose main topic is the harmony of science and religion.
Although he suffered from an enlarged prostate and cystitis for two or three years he attended to his professional work until the day before he went to hospital for surgery. In January 1904, he operated by his son for a bladder stone. He recovers after surgery well, but then on January 22, he suddenly attacks vertigo and dies for about an hour.
Beyond his work in medicine, Dr. Andrews is a well-known geologist, and his work on the early glacial history of North America has been widely quoted. His paper on geological subjects has been published in the Proceedings and Transactions of Chicago Academy of Science and in Silliman's Journal. He had once found time to cross the Atlantic, in 1867, when he visited colleges and hospitals in London and Paris.
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Family
Andrews married in 1855 (some sourced gave 1853, and even 1850) to Eliza Taylor of Detroit, who died in 1875. In 1877 he married his sister, Mrs. Frances M. Barrett, who survived with her, along with two daughters and three sons. One of the sons, E. Wyllys Andrews, and a grandson, Frank B. Andrews, Jr., also became a doctor.
References
This article combines text from Deaths , by Anon, a publication from 1904 now in the public domain in the United States.
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