First surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins
Medical career
Institutions
University of Chicago, University of Florida
Lester Reynold Dragstedt (2 October 1893 – 16 July 1975)[1] was an American surgeon who was the first to successfully separate conjoined twins.[2][3][4] He was considered nationally known,[5] and a leading authority on ulcers[6] and gastroneuro surgery.[7]
^Wangensteen, Owen H.; Wangensteen; Sarah D. "National Academy of Sciences: Biographical Memoirs: Lester Reynold Dragstedt" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences, Washington. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
^"Lester Dragstedt, First Surgeon To Part Siamese Twins, Is Dead". The New York Times. 17 July 1975. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
^"Medicine: Double Thais". Time Magazine. 11 April 1955. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
^Gibbons, Roy (30 March 1955). "SIAMESE TWINS SEPARATED IN 3½ HR.SURGERY". Chicago Tribune (subscription required). pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
^"O. T. Clagett Lectureship". Rocky Mountain Medical Journal. 50. Colorado Medical Society: 522. 1953. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
^John F. Sembower (April 20, 1957). "That 'Churning' Feeling May Mean Stomach Ulcers". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
^"Board Asks Action On University Construction". St. Petersburg Times. October 24, 1959. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
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