Theodore Gaillard Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theodore Gaillard Thomas

American gynaecologist

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1831

Place of Birth: Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1903

Profession: gynaecologist, medical writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Theodore Gaillard Thomas (Nov.
21, 1831 – Feb.
28, 1903) was an American gynæcologist, born in Edisto Island, S.
C., and educated in Charleston.
He studied in Europe, principally in Paris and Dublin, in 1853-55, and began the practice of his profession in New York.
He was a lecturer in New York University (1855–63), and professor in the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (1863-1889, where he held the chair of gynæcology when he retired.
Thomas was the first to perform and publish an account of vaginal ovariotomy (1870).
He wrote Diseases of Women (Philadelphia, 1868), which passed through six editions in English, and was translated into French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Italian.
He died at Thomasville, Georgia in 1903.



Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	1833	5 December 1904
Location of birth/death	Hesse	Far Rockaway
Work period	from 1865 until circa 1899 date QS:P,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City
Authority control	: Q8014126 VIAF: 28263143 ISNI: 0000 0001 1754 0693 LCCN: nr96024138 GND: 133521362 BNF: 153540758 WorldCat