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Alden March (1795–1869) was a leading nineteenth century American physician, surgeon and medical inventor.


March grew up in Sutton, Massachusetts. His brother was army surgeon, David March. March married Joanna P. Armsby in 1824.


He received his MD from Brown University on 1820.



Career


In 1821, March taught the first anatomy course in the history of New York State. He later founded the Practical School for Anatomy and Surgery in Albany, NY, and held the first chair in surgery at Albany Medical College. Among the devices invented by March were novel methods for removing dead bone and renal calculi.


He served as President of the American Medical Association and the New York State Medical Society.



Legacy


The Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College is named after March.



References


  • Kelly, Howard Atwood. A cyclopedia of American Medical Biography. Philadelphia. WB Saunders and Co. 1912.

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