James William White

Item

Portrait of American surgeon James William White
Title
James William White
Description
Portrait of American surgeon James William White
Contributor
Reproduction of the portrait by John Singer Sargent
Creator
Ethicon Suture Laboratories
Format
29.5 x 20.5 cm
Publisher
Ethicon Suture Laboratories
Source
Ethicon Suture Laboratories, No. 3 in the series, Great American Surgeons series
Subject
White, James William, 1850-1916.
Type
reproduction
Birth Date
1850
Death Date
1916
Occupation
Surgeon.
Biographical Text
Successful surgeon, impressive writer, teacher and public-spirited citizen. Professor of Clinical Surgery (1887-1900), School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery (1900-1911). One of the editors, "Annals of Surgery" (1892-1916). Author, "Genito-Urinary Surgery and Venereal Diseases" (1897).
Tag
American surgeons.