Maurice Howe Richardson
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Maurice Howe Richardson (31 December 1851, Athol, Massachusetts – 2 August 1912) was an American surgeon.[1]
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.[2]
He was a Fellow and frequent contributor to the proceedings of the Massachusetts Medical Society.[3] He also was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Surgical Association, and many other professional societies.[4]
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.[5]
His papers are part of the part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository, Harvard University.[6]
