- Francis Delafield
Francis Delafield (1841-1915) was an American physician, born in
New York City . He graduated at Yale (1860) and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons,Columbia University (1863), and after further study abroad practiced medicine in New York. He was appointed to the staff of Bellevue Hospital (1874), and to the chair of pathology and practice of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (1875-82). In 1886 he was the first president of theAssociation of American Physicians . He published:
* "Handbook of Post-Mortem Examinations and Morbid Anatomy; Lectures on Practical Medicine and Pathology" (1872; new edition, 1903)
* "Handbook of Pathological Anatomy and Histology" (1885; new edition, 1904), with Prudden
* "Textbook of Pathology" (1911)Attended William McKinley
Delafield was one of the physicians who was consulted following the shooting of
United States PresidentWilliam McKinley in September1901. Delafield resided for many years at 5 West50th Street inManhattan, New York . ["Fifth Av. History In Razed Buildings",New York Times ,September 25 ,1932 , pg. RE1.]Terms
* Delafield's hematoxylin — a strong solution of hematoxylin crystals, 4 cc.; 95 per cent alcohol, 25 cc.; saturated aqueous solution of ammonia alum, 400 cc.; expose in an unstoppered bottle to sun and air three or four days; filter and add 100 cc. of glycerin and 100 cc. of 95 per cent alcohol.::
Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1938)References
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