Thomas Norval Hepburn

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Thomas Norval Hepburn (born December 18, 1879 in Fairlee , † November 20, 1962 in West Hartford ) was an American doctor.

Life

Photo from the honeymoon, 1905

Hepburn was the last born child of Pastor Samuel Sewell Stavely Hepburn (1845-1932) and Selina Lloyd Hepburn, née Powell (1842-1918). He was able to trace his family tree back to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell . After obtaining the bachelor's degree in 1900 and the master's degree in 1901 at the private Randolph-Macon College in Ashland (Virginia) , he studied at Johns Hopkins University , where he received his doctorate in human medicine.

He worked as a surgeon and urologist at Hartford Hospital, where he set up the urology center he directed. He dealt in particular with ureter disorders .

His marriage to Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878-1951) in November 1904 resulted in six children. Second born was the actress Katharine Hepburn .

Hepburn and his wife were founding members of the American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis in 1905. In 1913 he was also a founding member of the American Social Health Association (ASHA; now American Sexual Health Association ) and was active on the board.

After the death of his wife in 1951, he married Madeline Santa Croce (1901–1990).

In the 2004 film Aviator by Martin Scorsese with biographical elements , Thomas Norval Hepburn is portrayed by Kenneth Welsh .

Publications

  • A modified crile tube for the direct transfusion of blood. In: Annals of Surgery , 49th year, No. 1, January 1909, pp. 115-117.
  • Kidney Ureteral Abnormalities. In: Annals of Surgery , 68th year, No. 3, September 1918, pp. 294-297.
  • Tuberculosis of the Mesenteric Lymph Glands as A Cause of Ureteral Obstruction. In: The Journal of Urology , Volume 2, No. 5, October 1918, pp. 385-394.
  • Spastic obstruction to the ureters. In: Annals of Surgery , 81st year, No. 6, June 1925, pp. 1133-1141.
  • Hemiresection of a Solitary Kidney. In: Annals of Surgery , 90th Year, No. 3, September 1929, pp. 402-406.
  • Denervation and Displacement of the Ureter for Kidney Colic. In: The New England Journal of Medicine . Vol. 204, No. 1, January 1, 1931, pp. 1-4.
  • Mobility of Trigone a Cause of Bladder Obstruction. In: The Journal of Urology , Volume 26, No. 4, October 1931, pp. 591-597.
  • Extravesical ureteral Opening causing Urinary Incontinenece. In: Annals of Surgery , 98th year, No. 1, July 1933, pp. 110-118.
  • A Case of 'Auto-Prostatectomy' due to Tuberculosis. In: The New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 215, No. 15, October 8, 1936, p. 653.
  • Repair of Exstrophy of the Bladder. In: The Journal of Urology , 65th Year, No. 3, March 1951, pp. 389-390.

Web links

Commons : Thomas Norval Hepburn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Facts for Dr. Thomas Norval Hepburn. In: Bruce H. Harrison: The Family Forest Descendants of Sir Robert Parke. Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc., Kamuela 2005, p. 352. ISBN 978-1-4116-8630-4 .
  2. ^ Zadie Smith (Aut.); Tanja Handels (transl.): Change of mind. Casual essays. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2015, p. 190, ISBN 978-3-462-04658-8 .
  3. ^ Norval Thomas Hepburn. In: University Register. Johns Hopkins University, 1906, p. 104.
  4. ^ Faith Barnes Salomone: 'It had to be Hartford Hospital'. In: Nursing Hartford Hospital, Fall 2008, p. 13.
  5. ↑ see also: Robert Bachrach: The diseases of the ureters. In: Handbook of Urology. Special urology. Third part. Diseases of the ureter, bladder, urethra, seminal vesicle, prostate, testicle and spermatic cord and vaginal membrane, scrotum. Gynecological urology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1928, pp. 10, 37 . ISBN 978-3-642-50206-4
  6. ↑ See article in Annals of Surgery (section publications)
  7. ↑ James Curtis: Spencer Tracy. Random House, 2011, Chapter 18; limited preview in Google book search: “Dr. Hepburn was reputed to have been Connecticut's first urologist. "
  8. ↑ Endnote 60 in Jennifer Burek Pierce: What Adolescents Ought to Know. Sexual Health Texts in Early Twentieth-Centruy America. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston 2011, p. 205. ISBN 978-1-55849-892-1
  9. ^ Transactions of the American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis. American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Ed. 1-3, 1910.
  10. ^ Robin E. Jensen: Dirty Words. The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education. 1870-1924. University of Illinois Press, 2010, p. 95. ISBN 978-0-252-03573-9
  11. ^ American Social Health Association. Virginia Commonwealth University.
  12. ↑ Aviator in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  13. ^ A modified Crile Tube for the direct Transfusion of Blood. Annals of Surgery.
  14. ↑ Kidney-ureteral abnormalities. Annals of Surgery.
  15. ↑ Tuberculosis of the mesenteric lymph England as a Cause of Ureteral Obstruction. ScienceDirect .
  16. ↑ Spastic Obstruction to the Ureters. Annals of Surgery.
  17. ↑ Hemiresection of a Solitary Kidney. Annals of Surgery.
  18. ^ Denervation and Displacement of the Ureter for Kidney Colic. The New England Journal of Medicine.
  19. ↑ Mobility of Trigone a Cause of bladder obstruction. The Journal of Urology.
  20. ↑ extravesical ureteral Opening Causing Urinary Incontinenece. Annals of Surgery.
  21. ^ A Case of 'Auto-Prostatectomy' due to Tuberculosis. The New England Journal of Medicine.
  22. ↑ Repair of exstrophy of the bladder. The Journal of Urology.
personal data
SURNAME Hepburn, Thomas Norval
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hepburn, Norval Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Fairlee
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1962
Place of death West Hartford