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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medicine and Surgery in the United States. (search)
e and Ear Infirmary, Boston, founded1829 Dispensatory of the United States of America, first published by Franklin Bache and George B. Wood1833 Oesophagotomy first performed by John Watson, of New York; case reported1844 Water-cures introduced into the United States by R. T. Trall, who opened a hydropathic institute in New York in 1844, and Joel Shew, at Lebanon Springs, N. Y.1845 Left subclavian artery tied by J. Kearney Rodgers1846 Collodion first applied to surgical purposes by J. Parker Maynard in Boston1847 Elizabeth Blackwell graduated M. D. at the medical school of Geneva, N. Y. (the first woman in the United States）Jan., 1849 First excision of the hip-joint in the United States performed by Henry J. Bigelow, professor in Harvard College1852 Elkanah Williams, of Cincinnati, earliest specialist in ophthalmology, begins practice1855 Arteria innominata tied for the first time by Valentine Mott, of New York (1818) ; by R. W. Hall, of Baltimore (1830); by E. S. Cooper, of S
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
ter into a treaty, and a tract of land on the Roanoke, in the present county of Bertie, is ceded to them by Governor Eden......June 5, 1718 Pirate Edward Teach, commonly called Black Beard, long a terror to North Carolina, is attacked by Lieutenant Maynard near Ocracoke, with two small coasters; he is killed, and Maynard carries off his head hung to the bowsprit......Nov. 21, 1718 Boundary-line between North and South Carolina established......1727 Last Assembly under proprietary governMaynard carries off his head hung to the bowsprit......Nov. 21, 1718 Boundary-line between North and South Carolina established......1727 Last Assembly under proprietary government at Edenton; issues £ 40,000 more in paper money......Nov. 27, 1728 Lords proprietors surrender the government to King George II. except oneeighth interest retained by Lord Granville......1729 Carolina, on becoming the property of the crown, is divided into two provinces, and George Burrington is appointed governor of North Carolina......April 30, 1730 Commissioners run the boundary-line between North and South Carolina......1738 One-eighth interest in the proprietary charter