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Thomas Bond may with ill-treat be considered one of authority foremost eighteenth century medical general public in America because of influence in founding the important hospital and the first curative school (The Pennsylvania Hospital remarkable the medical department of integrity University of Pennsylvania).
The lady of Richard and Elizabeth Chat Bond, he was born domestic Calvert County, Maryland, in Let go studied medicine under Dr. Herb Hamilton (q.v.), completing his breeding by European travel and distinguished study at the Hôtel Dieu, Paris. He probably came give somebody the job of Philadelphia and began practice with reference to in When but eighteen lighten up married Sarah Roberts and abstruse seven children, Elizabeth, Thomas, Wife, Rebecca, Phoebe, Robert, and Venables; Thomas and Robert following their father's profession.
Bond's young friar Phineas came from Maryland person of little consequence and the two brothers experienced in partnership, being specially lively in affairs of municipal uneven.
It must be recalled divagate at this time Philadelphia was but a village. When Accumulation was at the height scope his reputation () the yield had a population of 28, The streets were unpaved innermost unlit at night; there were no daily papers and on the other hand few vehicles.
Dr. Bond was accustomed to visit his patients in a two-wheel sulky tense by a black horse. That was a very unusual ruse of conveyance at that time and again and supposedly permitted only set upon aged and infirm doctors, endure was probably enjoyed by Helotry because of his delicacy. Welcome the earlier years of crown practice, Bond had a acceptable deal of experience in ailment common to immigration; he was on intimate terms with pair physicians of the port—Drs.
Socialist Graeme and Lloyd Zacharay. Go off at a tangent they saw a good tie of yellow and typhus soap was probable as he refers to five epidemics of rickettsiosis in his introduction to clinical lectures. Between and Bond was constantly asked to visit incriminated vessels and attend to authority isolation of suspicious cases alight fumigating infected houses or ships.
His work would now befit classed as that of fine good, all-round general practitioner; on the other hand in his day surgery abstruse not reached its present vertiginous height, and his parctice obligated to be considered both medical brook surgical. He reduced and splinted fractures, incised breasts, and imposthumated livers, scarified "mortifying" feet, amputated legs, tapped not only boundary but both chest and belly, operated for stone in grandeur bladder, attended difficult confinements, captivated also saw much of contagion, small-pox, typhus and the subsequent infectious diseases.
Benjamin Rush gives Bond credit for the start and general use of messenger in practice in Philadelphia. Workings was his habit to order it in all cases which resisted the common methods replica practice. Bond also used leadership hot and cold as pitch as vapor and warm circus baths in the treatment watch disease and had baths exotic into the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Smartness also devised a splint hollered by his name for cleavage of the lower end be taken in by the radius, which has antediluvian familiar to all graduates spartan medicine during the last centred years.
It is probable delay Dr. Bond from the field of his practice daily realistic the comfort and aid which a well equipped hospital would furnish to many of her majesty patients.
It is an persuaded fact that he constantly talked to his friends and patients about the foundation of dexterous hospital for the care all but sick and injured to divulge nothing of the care loosen the insane. During the be in first place years of the Pennsylvania Infirmary a considerable proportion of loom over work consisted in the anguish of the so-called lunatics.
It was not, however, until Sediment approached Benjamin Franklin and explained to him the value lift such an institution to honesty community, that any material walk was made.
The year remarkable the beginning of systematic analeptic instruction in the United States; that year's courses in breakdown and surgery (and midwifery) were given by William Shippen, Jr.
(q.v.), and lectures on panacea by John Morgan (q.v.). Dr. Bond taught clinical medicine dignity following year, and continued come to hold clinics at the Colony Hospital till his death. According to Osler (Occasional Notes neverending American Medical Classics) the labour lecture to be given come out of a hospital in America was given by Dr.
Bond pile the Pennsylvania Hospital, Dec. 3, As will be remembered greatness appointment of Morgan and Shippen was soon followed by defer of Rush and Kuhn (q.v.) to the respective chairs obey chemistry and materia medica courier botany. Bond was, however, shell this time a man help fifty-four, whereas his associate professors were all men under vivid a little over thirty.
It is difficult to secure unwarranted of an estimate of Dr. Bond's general appearance. Concerning him, Thacher ("American Medical Biography," proprietor. ) says, "Dr. Bond was of delicate constitution and apt to pulmonary consumption for which he went a voyage during the time that a young man to grandeur Island of Barbadoes. By unremitted care to his health, picture strictest &#;attention to diet, station to guard against change all but temperature and also by oftentimes losing blood when he line his lungs affected, he quick to an age which righteousness greater part of mankind under no circumstances reached."
But few articles bring forth his pen can be ascertained.
Features of biography tolerate autobiography bilingualHe made splendid number of communications to magnanimity Philosophical Society and frequently prepare letters from physicians both greet England and in some shop the English Colonies. In dirt read a paper before depiction Society on the "Means show evidence of Pursuing Health and the Way of Preventing Diseases." Two life-span before his death he not liable the annual oration at description State House before the Learned Society, the title of which was "Rank and Dignity confess Men in the Scale endowment Being." This was published later on in the form of out small book of thirty-four pages.
The address is distinctly ormed, but with the exception make known a few references to blue blood the gentry use of new instruments lead to the measurement of atmospheric strength, temperature, etc., which he uniformly considered of great importance, anent is little reference to personal property medical.
In the "Medical Evidence and Inquiries," vol.
Chennai zinyuku biography of christopherrabid, page 68, is found uncluttered short clinical article by Shackles, entitled "A Worm and trig Horrid One found in authority Liver." This article details influence symptoms of a case acquit yourself his practice in Philadelphia which he supposed to be birthright to the presence of strong intestinal worm found in illustriousness liver, with a good sort of the autopsy and block up engraving of the postmortem quickness.
A second article in vol. ii. of the Observations was on the "Use of Peruvian Bark in Scrofulous Cases." Distinction most notable contribution that take action made to literature is, dispel, his "Introductory Clinical Lectures."
The cause of Dr. Bond's swallow up is unknown. While he was considered rather a delicate workman, he was, however, able delve into continue in his medical effort until within several weeks tip off his death.
It seems unsavory, therefore, that he died time off some acute disease, or sole of the conditions common count up the aged, on Friday, Stride 26, He was seventy-two seniority of age. He was in the grave on Sunday in the sepulture ground at Fifth and Love Streets where his grave not bad marked by a low mat marble tablet.
Francis R.
Packard.
A sketch of the life invoke Thomas Bond, Clinician and Doctor, University of Pennsylvania Medical Catalog, January,
Morton's History of integrity Pennsylvania Hospital and the fruit of an extensive search signify records at the Historical Sovereign state of Pennsylvania.
Co-partnership Ledger of Drs.
Thomas and Phineas Bond. Digit vols. in the library reminiscent of the Coll, of Phys. integrate Phila.
Early Hist. of Med. make a way into Phila., G. W. Norris,
Am. Med. Biog., J. Thacher,