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Dr. James H. Dickson

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Title	Dr. James H. Dickson
Description	Dr. James Henderson Dickson (1806-1862), was born June 17th, 1806. His brother, Robert D. Dickson, was also a Physician. He attended UNC (1823) and Columbia University, where he earned his M.D. Notable accomplishments: Performed subcutaneous Achilles tenotomy for talipes, which has been cited as first such surgery in the U.S. (1835); addressed the North Carolina Medical Society in 1853; worked to establish the North Carolina Board of Examiners in 1859; president of the North Carolina Medical Society (twice); joint founder of the Wilmington Library Association. Died in Wilmington, North Carolina of yellow fever, September 28th, 1862.
Subject	Dickson family, physicians, medicine, yellow fever
Source	Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection 0327