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Item 14256 - Frederic H. Gerrish, Portland, 1874
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Frederic H. Gerrish, Portland, 1874

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Frederic H. Gerrish (1845-1920), was born in Portland and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1866. He was a physician and surgeon at Maine General Hospital. He introduced antiseptic surgery into northern New England. He was the first surgeon in the area to do an appendectomy and the first to do a hysterectomy.

 

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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
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Gerrish, Frederic H., 1845-1920--Portrait photographs
Fraternity Club (Portland, Me.)--People
Physicians--Maine--Portland

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