John T. Hodgen Collection
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| John T. Hodgen |
| John T. Hodgen Collection |
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| Volume: 0.5 linear feet Inclusive dates: 1859-1982 Collection code: FC095 |
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Historical Note
John Thomson Hodgen (1826-1882) was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He attended Bethany College in West Virginia and studied at the medical department of the University of Missouri (later Missouri Medical College). After graduating from medical school in 1848, he served as Assistant Resident Physician of St. Louis City Hospital for a year. Dr. Hodgen then practiced with Dr. Joseph N. McDowell in St. Louis. He joined the faculty of Missouri Medical College, serving as Demonstrator of Anatomy (1849-1853), Chair of Anatomy (1854-1862), and Chair of Physiology (1858-1862).
During the Civil War, Dr. Hodgen was appointed to the rank of Surgeon General of the State of Missouri in 1862. When Dr. McDowell sided with the Confederacy, Dr. Hodgen transferred his allegiance to the St. Louis Medical College where he served as the Chair of Physiology (1862-1868) and Dean of the College (1865-1882). In addition to his administrative duties at the St. Louis Medical College, Dr. Hodgen also taught clinical surgery at City Hospital from 1864-1882 and was a surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Dr. Hodgen was a member of the St. Louis Board of Health from 1867-1871, President of the St. Louis Medical Society in 1872, Chairman of the Surgical Section of the American Medical Association in 1873, president of the Missouri State Medical Association in 1874, a member of the International Medical Congress in 1876 and 1881, one of the founders of the American Surgical Association, and President of the American Medical Association in 1881.
Dr. Hodgen’s literary work consisted largely in contributions to medical journals. He edited the chapters on injuries to the chest and injuries of the abdomen in the American edition of A System of Surgery edited by Timothy Holmes. Some of his papers were on the surgery of shock, nerve sections for neuralgia, fractures, and thigh and skin grafting. Among the many surgical appliances devised by him are a wire suspension splint, a cradle splint, a snare for the for the removal of urethral calculi, a surgeon’s reel and artery forceps, and a simple siphon and stomach pump.
Provenance
The John T. Hodgen collection is a compilation from various sources, their specifics unrecorded, within the Library, to which were added three files from the manuscripts of the St. Louis Society for Medical and Scientific Education (1990-061).
Access and Use
The collection is open and accessible for research. Certain categories of documentation, however, may carry restrictions on access. For detailed information, contact the Archives and Rare Book Department of the Becker Library (arb@wusm.wustl.edu).
Scope and Content
This collection consists of reprints, a bibliography, and biographical information on John T. Hodgen. Also included in the collection are original letters by him, a correspondence file on the Hodgens by descendant Stuart Mudd, reports and exhibits of an ethics case in 1867, and material on the Hodgen lectures, 1922-1982.
Preferred Citation
John T. Hodgen Collection, Washington University School of Medicine.
Related Material
See also the John T. Hodgen photographs (VC218) at the Becker Medical Library.
Organization of the Collection (Series List)
Total Boxes: 1
Series 1: Papers
Container List
Series 1: Papers
Box 1 of 1
| 1. | Biographical information, 1870-1969. Acc. 90-061. |
| 2. | Hodgen, John T., M.D., 1826-1882. A collection of his works and life assessment by his contemporaries, 1977. |
| 3. | Hodgen vs. Bauer, ethical case, St. Louis Medical Society (SLMS), [1867]-1871. Acc. 90-061. |
| 4. | Hodgen lectures, 1922-1982. |
| 5. | Hodgen lectures, 1922-1982. Acc. 90-061. |
| 6. | McMurray, John, 1862. |
| 7. | Mudd, Stuart, 1973. |
| 8. | Hodgen, John T., letter to Dr. Schlater, 1872. Note: Found in rare book, G.B. Guenther Leitfaden zu den Operationen am menschlihken Koerper. Leipzig & Heidelberg: Winter, 1859. |
| 9. | Hodgen, John T., bio, “President of the American Medical Association”, n.d. Note: Found in rare book, G.B. Guenther Leitfaden zu den Operationen am menschlihken Koerper. Leipzig & Heidelberg: Winter, 1859. |
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