Theodore Gaillard Thomas
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Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1832-1903) was an American
gynæcologist, born in Edisto Island, S. C.
, and educated in Charleston.
He studied in Europe
, principally in Paris
and Dublin, in 1853-55, and began the practice of his profession in New York
. He was a lecturer in New York University
(1855-63), and professor
in the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
, New York City (1863-1889, wherehe held the chair of gynæcology when he retired. Thomas was the first to perform and publish an account of vaginal ovariotomy
(1870). He wrote Diseases of Women (Philadelphia, 1868), which passed through six editions in English
, and was translated into French
, German
, Spanish
, Chinese
, and Italian
.
United States
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gynæcologist, born in Edisto Island, S. C.
South Carolina
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, and educated in Charleston.
Charleston, South Carolina
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He studied in Europe
Europe
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, principally in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Dublin, in 1853-55, and began the practice of his profession in New York
New York City
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. He was a lecturer in New York University
New York University
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(1855-63), and professor
Professor
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in the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...
, New York City (1863-1889, wherehe held the chair of gynæcology when he retired. Thomas was the first to perform and publish an account of vaginal ovariotomy
Oophorectomy
Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries. The surgery is also called ovariectomy, but this term has been traditionally used in basic science research describing the surgical removal of ovaries in laboratory animals...
(1870). He wrote Diseases of Women (Philadelphia, 1868), which passed through six editions in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and was translated into French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
Terms
- Thomas pessary — A form of uterine pessary
- Dorland's - 1938