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Thomas Dent Mutter
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'''Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter''' (March 9, 1811-March 19, 1859) was an innovative American [[surgeon]].<ref name=":0"> History News Network|website=historynewsnetwork.org|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> Born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], Mutter was orphaned at the age of 8 and raised by a distant relative.<ref></ref> Mutter graduated with an MD from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1831 and eventually took a position as an assistant to Dr. Thomas Harris at the Medical Institute of Jefferson College.<ref></ref> At the age of 30, he became the Chair of Surgery at the [[Jefferson Medical College]] and held this position from 1841-1856. He operated on hundreds of patients to repair deformities and became the first surgeon in 1846 to administer ether [[anesthesia]].<ref></ref> He is best known for the "Mutter Flap" which he used in order to treat burn victims and was an early way to graft that is still used today.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
The [[Mutter Museum]] opened in 1863 in [[Philadelphia]]<ref name=":1"></ref> and has a collection of more than 25,000 specimens that Mutter collected.<ref name=":1" /> It includes a vertebra of [[John Wilkes Booth]], [[Einstein]]'s brain<ref></ref>, specimens from President [[Grover Cleveland]] and a plaster cast of the Siamese twins [[Chang and Eng]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:American surgeons]]
The [[Mutter Museum]] opened in 1863 in [[Philadelphia]]<ref name=":1"></ref> and has a collection of more than 25,000 specimens that Mutter collected.<ref name=":1" /> It includes a vertebra of [[John Wilkes Booth]], [[Einstein]]'s brain<ref></ref>, specimens from President [[Grover Cleveland]] and a plaster cast of the Siamese twins [[Chang and Eng]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:American surgeons]]
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