Edward Cutbush

Edward Cutbush (1772 – July 23, 1843) was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1794, where he was resident physician of the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1790 to 1794.[1] Cutbush was surgeon general of the Pennsylvania militia during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion.[2]

Edward Cutbush
Cutbush - c. 1835
Born1772
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 23, 1843 (aged 71)
Geneva, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania 1794
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician and Educator
FieldUnited States Navy

He was an officer and a surgeon in the United States Navy and was commissioned into office in 1799.[1] Cutbush has been called the father of American naval medicine.[3] He resigned from the Navy in 1829, after 30 years of service. During 1826, he was a professor of chemistry at Columbian College in the District of Columbia. In 1834, he relocated to Geneva, New York, where he founded Geneva Medical College, currently known as State University of New York Upstate Medical University. During his tenure there, he served as the first dean and professor of chemistry.[4]

References
  1. "New Jersey History". The New Jersey Historical Society, 2001. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  2. Smith, Edward F. "Medical Practice in the Military". Answers Corporation. Oxford University Press, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  3. McCallum, Jack Edward (2008). Military medicine: from ancient times to the 21st century. ABC-CLIO, 2008. ISBN 9781851096930. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  4. "Timeline History of SUNY Upstate Medical University". SUNY Upstate Medical Center. Archived from the original on 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
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