Anatomist and author: born in
Lancaster county, Pa., Nov. 24, 1818: was graduated at the Medical Department of the
University of
Pennsylvania in 1838; became professor in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy; demonstrator of anatomy in the Medical Department of the
University of
Pennsylvania, and surgeon at the
Pennsylvania and the
Orthopaedic hospitals, all in
Philadelphia.
During the
Civil War he became widely known as a daring and successful operator in cases of gunshot wounds.
After the war he was elected
Professor of
Operative Surgery and of the Principles and Practice of Surgery at the
University of
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Agnew was the consulting and operating surgeon in the case of
President Garfield in 1881.
Among his numerous publications are
Practical Anatomy;
Anatomy and its relation to medicine and Surgery; and
The principles and practice of Surgery.
He died in
Philadelphia, March 22, 1892.