ID
4128
Nationality
American
Occupation
Physician
Medicine
Summary
Late-deafened at age 21; resident of Bristol, CT. Successfully practiced medicine for over 24 years, with the help of a hearing assistant who examined respiration, heart action, and other sound-dependent factors for him, but otherwise did his own diagnoses and treatments. Did not read lips so depended on writing and the manual alphabet.
References
American Annals of the Deaf, v.37 no.3, June 1882, p.236.
Dates
1847?-?