PARKER, Willard (1800 – 1884)
1800 – 1884
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1851 CE
#4169
Cystitis; lateral operation on the bladder, death; tuberculous kidney.
First cystotomy for inflammation and rupture of the bladder.
1864 CE
#2962
Ligature of the left subclavian inside the scalenus muscle, together with common carotid and vertebral arteries for subclavian aneurism haemorrhage from the distal end of the subclavian; death on 42nd day.
1867 CE
#3564
An operation for abscess of the appendix vermiformis caeci.
Parker was the first American to operate for appendicitis. In this paper he described a case from 1864, but mentioned a case he had operated on as early as 1843. He advocated the opening of the appendicular abscesses …