DORSEY, John Syng (1783 – 1818)
1783 – 1818
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1811
#2930
Inguinal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery in the pelvis.
First successful ligation of the external iliac artery in America (Aug. 19, 1811).
1813
#5585.1
Elements of surgery; for the use of students. 2 vols.
The first systematic treatise on surgery written by an American. The work is notable for containing not only Dorsey’s original contributions, but for its publication of the work of Dorsey’s uncle and teacher, the pion…