Howard Atwood Kelly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Howard Atwood Kelly

American academic and gynecologist

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1858

Place of Birth: Camden, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1943

Profession: writer, surgeon, university teacher, gynaecologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Howard Atwood Kelly (February 20, 1858 – January 12, 1943), M.D., was an American gynecologist.
He obtained his B.A.
degree and M.D.
degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
He, William Osler, William Halsted, and William Welch together are known as the "Big Four", the founding professors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
He is credited with establishing gynecology as a specialty by developing new surgical approaches to gynecological diseases and pathological research.
He also developed several medical innovations, including the improved cystoscope, Kelly's clamp, Kelly's speculum, and Kelly's forceps.
Because Kelly was a famous prohibitionist and Fundamentalist Christian, many of his contemporaries expressed skepticism towards his medical professionalism.