Thomas Bond (American physician)
Thomas Bond, MD | |
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| Founder, Pennsylvania Hospital | |
| Founding Member, American Philosophical Society | |
| In office 1743–1784 | |
| Vice President, American Philosophical Society | |
| In office 1767–1768 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1713 Calvert County, Province of Maryland, British America |
| Died | March 26, 1784 (aged 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Thomas Bond, Jr Richard Bond Venables Bond |
| Parent(s) | Richard Bond Elizabeth Benson Chew |
Thomas Bond (May 2, 1713 – March 26, 1784) was an American physician and surgeon.[1] In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American colonies, with Benjamin Franklin, and also volunteered his services there as both physician and teacher.[2]
Education and professional life
Bond was born in the United Kingdom, the third of five sons of Richard Bond and Elizabeth Chew (née Benson).
The hospital quickly drew attention as a center for medical advancement, especially in maternity care and the humane treatment of mental illness, a poorly understood area of medicine at the time. Bond volunteered his services as a surgeon at this facility for more than three decades, from the year of its founding until he died. Some years after the hospital opened, he was joined there by his younger brother, Phineas Bond, who was also a skilled physician. Phineas Bond (c. 1717-16.VI.1773) matriculated at the
Thomas Bond earned a high reputation as a surgeon, especially for amputations and bladder stone operations. Many patients traveled considerable distances (from as far away as Boston) to avail themselves of his surgical care. He performed the first lithotomy in the United States at Pennsylvania Hospital in October 1756 and developed a splint for fractures of the lower arm, known as a "Bond splint."[6] In 1737, he was also one of seven physicians to publicly recommend inoculation against smallpox.[1] Thomas Bond also served as trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, where, in 1766, he began clinical lectures for the benefit of medical students. These formal lectures supplemented the bedside clinical instruction he conducted in the hospital. For his learning and pedagogy, he earned the title, "Father of Clinical Medicine." The alumni association of the Pennsylvania Hospital is today known as the Thomas Bond Society.
Service during the Revolutionary War
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Personal life
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References
- ^ ISBN 9780871692269.
- ^ Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). . . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
- ^ English-speaking students of medicine at the University of Leyden / R.W. Innes Smith. - Edinburgh/London : Oliver and Boyd, 1932, p. 26.
- ^ Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV-MDCCCLXXV, kol. 992.
- ^ Index to English speaking students who have graduated at Leyden university / by Edward Peacock, F.S.A. - London : For the Index society, by Longmans, Green & co. 1883, p. 11, 992.
- ^ Norris, George Washington (1886). The Early History of Medicine in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Collins Printing House.
External links
- Thomas Bond and the History of Pennsylvania Hospital
- Biography and portrait at the University of Pennsylvania
- Thomas Bond House, Philadelphia, PA, Web site
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