John Blair Deaver / [Franklin H. Martin].

  • Martin, Franklin H. (Franklin Henry), 1857-1935.
Date:
1931
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Credit: John Blair Deaver / [Franklin H. Martin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprint from SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS November, 1931, Vol. LIII, 713-316 JOHN BLAIR DEAVER Born July 25, 1855—Died September 25, 1931 IN the death of John Blair Deaver the medical and surgical world, and thou¬ sands of grateful patients throughout the land mourn the loss of a master surgeon. I doubt if the passing of any surgeon of our time has created a greater void and deeper regret. This enthusiastic statesman of surgery was a star operator, and early achieved international fame. He loved his chosen work which he pursued, with great industry and without signs of weakening, to the age of seventy-five. The surgeons of every land, when they visit Philadelphia in the future, will miss this genial host with his philosophy, his irrepressible humor, his diagnostic skill, and his marvelous technique. The American College of Surgeons and its official journal—Surgery, Gyne¬ cology AND Obstetrics—have lost a great friend. Dr. Deaver was a Founder of the College, a member of its Board of Governors since 1913, a Regent and President, 1921 to 1922. He was a generous contributor to the journal. Among his last contributions to surgical literature is his article on “The Common Bile Duct” which appears elsewhere in this issue of the journal. Like all great men, he was never too busy to do a thing that was worth while, and it is typical of the man that within thirty-six hours of his death he was busy correcting and edit¬ ing papers which he planned to present before medical groups. Though he has departed from our midst, there are hundreds of active surgeons who were his students and whose skill commemorates the teachings of Deaver; and from his publications future generations of surgeons will gain practical knowl¬ edge and inspiration for all time to come. Franklin H. Martin. John Blair Deaver was born near Buck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on July 25, 1855. His father, Joshua Montgomery Deaver, was a famous country doctor of Lancaster County. Dr. Deaver is survived by his widow, Caroline Randall Deaver; a son. Dr. J. Montgomery Deaver; and two daughters, Mrs. George G. Thomson (Elizabeth Deaver) and Mrs. Emory G. Alexander (Harriet Deaver). Dr. Harry Clay Deaver, a brother, also a surgeon of renown in Phila¬ delphia, died June 25, 1931. Doctor Deaver received his early education at the Nottingham Academy, near his childhood home, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1878. He was resident physician in Germantown Hospital, and for an additional year served as interne at the Children’s Hospital; entered the active practice of medicine in 1880, with offices at i6th and Vine Streets, Copyright, 1931, by Surgical Pub. Co. of Chicago j