Historical records matching Dr. Abel Lawrence Peirson
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About Dr. Abel Lawrence Peirson
Dr. Abel Lawrence Peirson
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Dr. Peirson (A.M. 1812, MD 1816, Harvard University) studied medicine with James Jackson at Harvard Medical School and was a surgeon in Essex County, Massachusetts. He wrote the first published account of the use of ether in surgical operations outside of Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1832, he traveled in Europe, studying in Paris and elsewhere, and learned auscultation (the action of listening, with ear or stethoscope, to the sound of the movement of heart, lungs, or other organs) and other techniques. On his return to the United States, he specialized in surgery and was consultant to the Massachusetts General Hospital beginning in 1839. Peirson died in 1853.
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Dr. Abel Lawrence Peirson's Timeline
| 1794 |
November 25, 1794
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Biddeford, York County, Maine, United States
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| 1820 |
January 22, 1820
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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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July 30, 1821
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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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1824
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1831
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| 1834 |
January 15, 1834
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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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January 15, 1834
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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1853 |
May 6, 1853
Age 58
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Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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