Maurice Howe Richardson
{{Short description|American surgeon (1851–1912)}}
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Maurice Howe Richardson (31 December 1851, Athol, Massachusetts – 2 August 1912) was an American surgeon.{{cite journal|title=Memorials to Maurice Howe Richardson, M.D.|journal=Boston Medical and Surgical Journal|year=1912|volume=167|issue=26|pages=903–91|doi=10.1056/NEJM191212261672601|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293029488792;view=1up;seq=949|last1=Fitz|first1=R. H.}}
Early life
While a student in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he was a student of Eliza Trask Hill. He qualified MD at Harvard Medical School in 1877.
Career
Richardson was appointed Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in 1907 and Surgeon-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he specialized in abdominal surgery.{{cite web|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6kh3nsk|title=Richardson, Maurice Howe, 1851-1912|publisher=Social Networks and Archival Context|accessdate=11 March 2017}}
He was a Fellow and frequent contributor to the proceedings of the Massachusetts Medical Society.{{Cite journal|last=Gage|first=Homer|date=July 3, 1913|title=Some abuses in surgical practice|url=https://scholar.archive.org/work/qpeynsksrzbbfgsprodr5juala/access/ia_file/crossref-pre-1923-scholarly-works/10.1056%252Fnejm191301301680518.zip/10.1056%252Fnejm191307031690101.pdf|journal=Boston Medical and Surgical Journal|volume=169|issue=11|pages=1–7|doi=10.1056/NEJM191307031690101 }} He also was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Surgical Association, and many other professional societies.{{Cite news|date=1912-08-01|title=Obituary for MAURICE HOWE RICHARDSON|pages=4|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40403589/obituary-for-maurice-howe-richardson/|access-date=2021-08-12}}
He is remembered as inventor of the Richardson abdominal retractor. His collaboration with Reginald Heber Fitz led to great improvements in the treatment of appendicitis.{{Cite journal|last=Richardson|first=William S.|date=2015-02-01|title=The Evolution of Early Appendectomy as Standard Treatment from Appendicitis: What We Can Learn from the past in Adopting New Medical Therapies|journal=The American Surgeon|language=en|volume=81|issue=2|pages=161–165|doi=10.1177/000313481508100228|issn=0003-1348|pmid=25642878|s2cid=40854203 |doi-access=free}}
His papers are part of the part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository, Harvard University.{{Cite web|title=Collection: Maurice Howe Richardson papers {{!}} HOLLIS for|url=https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/14/resources/4575|access-date=2021-08-11|website=hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu}}
Personal life
Richardson married Margaret White Peirson in July 1879; they had six children. The six children were Edward Peirson, Mary Tuckerman, Maurice Howe, Henry Barber, Margaret, and Wyman Richardson.{{cite book|editor=McClung, Robert Gardner|title=Representative Massachusetts Wills|year=1912|volume=3|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wm0aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89}} The eldest son Edward Peirson Richardson (1881–1944) became a noted physician and father of the lawyer Elliot Richardson. Mary Tuckerman Richardson (1882–1953) married Robert Walcott in 1907. Maurice Howe Richardson, II (1886–1961) became an insurance broker. Henry B. Richardson won two Olympic bronze medals and graduated from Harvard University in 1910. Margaret Richardson married Hall Roosevelt. Wyman Richardson (1896–1953) became a physician and noted author.
References
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External links
- [https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/med00028/catalog Maurice Howe Richardson papers, 1869-1913. HMS c167. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.]
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