Ochsner, Albert John : 1858-1925

Name: Albert John Ochsner

Occupation: surgeon

Born: 03-Apr-1858, Baraboo, Wisconsin
Died:
Son of Henry and Judith [Hottinger] Ochsner

Education: Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1884; M. D. {Doctor of Medicine}, Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1886; studied medicine universities Vienna and Berlin, 1887-1888; L.L.D., {Doctor of Laws}, University of Wisconsin, 1909.

Married: Marion H. Mitchell, of Chicago, April 3, 1888.

Has practiced in Chicago since 1889; chief surgeon Augustana and St. Mary's hospitals since 1896; professor of clinical surgery, Medical Department University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1900; major, Medical Reserve Corps, U.S.A., 1916.  Fellow American Surgical Association, American College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland), Royal Microscopical Society (London, England); member Southern Surgical and Gynecological Society, American Medical Association, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Pathological Society, Chicago Surgical Society.

Author: Handbook on Appendicitis, 2^nd edition, 1906; Clinical Surgery for the Instruction of Practitioners and Students, 6^th edition, 1905; Organization, Management and Construction of Hospitals, 1907; Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands, 1910; Yearbook of Surgery, 1917-1923.  Treatise on Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 1918.  Contributor to medical press.

 
Address: 2106 Sedgwick Street, Chicago, Illinois.

~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 2427.

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DR. A. J. OCHSNER,

FAMOUS SURGEON,

DIES AT CHICAGO

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Chicago, July 25 (AP).-- Dr. Albert John Ochsner, famous surgeon, died here early today.

Death was due to angina pectoris.  His widow, Marion H. (Mitchell), survives him.

Dr. Ochsner, who was 67 years old, was the author of numerous surgical treatises and text books and a contributor to the medical press.  He was born in Baraboo, Wis., and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and Rush Medical college of Chicago, later studying in the Universities of Vienna and Berlin.  Since 1896 he had been chief surgeon of the Augustana hospital and St. Mary's hospital here.

He held a major's commission in the medical reserve corps of the United States army and memberships in the American College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland), Royal Microscopical society (England) and a fellowship in the American Surgical association.
~ Salt Lake Telegram, 25-Jul-1925 

 

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