John Stearns

John Stearns (* 1770 , † 1848 in New York City ) was an American doctor.

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John Stearns, whose father was a doctor, received his training at Yale College , followed by an internship with a country doctor, and finally medical school at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia . In 1793 he settled as a doctor in Waterford (New York).

With two colleagues, he founded an association to combat Kurpfuschertum. In 1806, 20 regional associations were formed and in 1807 a state association, of which Stearns was secretary for the first seven years. Later (1819-1821) he was elected President of this state association. For four years (1810-1813) he was in the Parliament of the State in Albany sent. He then moved his practice to New York City .

Works

• Account of the Pulvis parturiens , a Remedy for Quickening Child-Birth . In: New York Medical Repository, Hexade II, Volume V (1808), pp. 308–309 (digitized version )
• An essay on the bilious epidemic fever , prevailing in the state of New-York: to which are added, a letter from Dr. James Mann, hospital surgeon; and a dissertation by Dr. John Stearns, delivered before the state medical society, on the same subject; with notes and observations on these productions. HC Southwick, Albany 1813 (digitized version)
• An address delivered before the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the members of the legislature: at the capitol in the city of Albany, the 2nd. of February, 1820, on the influence of the mind upon the body in the production and cure of diseases. E. & E. Hosford, Albany 1820 (digitized version)
• Philosophy of mind, developing new sources of ideas, designating their distinctive classes, and simplifying the faculties and operations of the whole mind. W. Osborne, New York 1840 (digitized version )
• An address, delivered on the occasion of assuming the chair as president, at the first regular meeting of the New York Academy of Medicine, February 3d, 1847 . H. Ludwig, New York 1847 (digitized version)

literature

• W. Diez (under the presidency of Ferdinand Gottlob Gmelin ). Experiments on the effects of ergot on the animal organism and how it is formed. Osiander, Tübingen 1831, pp. 71–72 (digitized version )
• Amédée Dechambre . Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales . 1883, volume 11, p. 625 (digitized version)
• Ernst Julius Gurlt and August Hirsch . Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume V, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna and Leipzig 1887, p. 514 (digitized version)
• Janet Doe. John Stearns (1770-1848): the Academy's first president. In: Bull. NY Acad. Med. 1957 Oct; 33 (10): 735-6