John Andree (surgeon)

Last updated

John Andree, junior (fl. 1790), was an English surgeon.

Contents

Life

Andree was born about 1740, the son of Dr. John Andree, senior, to whom one of his books is dedicated. He was apprenticed to Mr. Grindall, senior surgeon to the London Hospital, and in 1766 he appears as a lecturer on anatomy in London, and surgeon to the Magdalen Hospital, and practising in Carey Street, Chancery Lane. In 1780 he was a candidate for the surgeoncy to the London Hospital, but was defeated by William Blizard. In 1781 he became surgeon to the Finsbury Dispensary, and in 1784 to St. Clement Danes workhouse. About the year 1798 he took the degree of M.D., though it does not appear in what university, and afterwards practised for some years in Hertford, but afterwards returned to London. He died some time after 1819.

Surgical innovator

Andree published several books, chiefly on surgical subjects. Through not being connected with a large hospital, he never took a leading position as a surgeon in London, but he performed one operation of historical importance. This was a successful operation of tracheotomy for the relief of croup of the larynx in February 1782, which, if not the first on record, since priority is claimed for an operation by Martin in 1730, was the first to attract attention. The patient was a five-year-old boy, who completely recovered. The case is described by Andree himself in a letter to Sir Astley Cooper, published in the appendix to a paper on ‘Cynanche Laryngea’ by Dr. John Richard Farre (Med.-Chir. Transactions, 1812, iii. 335), but had been previously related in 1786 in an inaugural dissertation by Dr. T. White, published at Leyden in that year. The same operation was done in 1812 by Sir Astley Cooper himself, and afterwards became celebrated in the hands of Bretonneau and Trousseau. In Andree's operation the annular cartilages were not divided, but only two punctures made in the membrane between them. No tube was introduced.

Works

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abraham Colles</span> Irish doctor, academic, President of the RSCI

Abraham Colles was Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the President of RCSI in 1802 and 1830. A prestigious Colles Medal & Travelling Fellowship in Surgery is awarded competitively annually to an Irish surgical trainee embarking on higher specialist training abroad before returning to establish practice in Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet</span> Scottish surgeon (1808–1877)

Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet FRCS FRS FRSE was a Scottish surgeon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astley Cooper</span> British surgeon and anatomist (1768–1841)

Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon and anatomist, who made contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology and surgery of hernia.

Joseph Towne was a British moulageur, sculptor, and stereoscopist. He is best known for the creation of anatomical models made of wax, many of which still survive today and are on display in the Guy's Hospital medical school museum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Copeland</span> British surgeon

Thomas Copeland was a British surgeon.

Allan Burns was a Scottish surgeon and physician. A lecturer on surgery and anatomy at Glasgow, he studied medicine in Glasgow. He visited Russia in 1804 and he published anatomical treatises. He was the son of Revd Dr John Burns, a minister of the Barony Church, and Elizabeth Stevenson. Of his brothers, Dr John Burns (1775–1850) became Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow; James was a shipowner and George was his partner in G & J Burns.

John Andree was a British physician.

Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787–1837) was an English army surgeon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Henry Green</span> British surgeon, literal executor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Joseph Henry Green was an English surgeon who became the literary executor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Earle</span> English surgeon

Henry Earle FRS (1789–1838) was an English surgeon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesse Foot</span> English surgeon and writer

Jesse Foot was an English surgeon and biographer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Haighton</span> British doctor

John Haighton FRS, was an English physician and physiologist.

William Dalrymple was an English surgeon. He learned his trade in London and practised in Norwich, initially from his father's house and later in the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He received attention for successfully performing the then rare operation of tying the carotid artery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Ware (ophthalmologist)</span>

James Ware (1756–1815) was an English eye surgeon, and Fellow of the Royal Society, who practiced in London during the Georgian era. He is considered one of the founding fathers of modern ophthalmology in Britain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Birkett (surgeon)</span>

John Birkett, F.R.C.S. F.L.S. (1815–1904) was an English surgeon and member of the Linnean Society of London who was an early specialist on breast disease, including breast cancer, and an early advocate of histology. He published a book on breast disease in the mid-nineteenth century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Dimsdale</span> British physician, politician, and banker

Baron Thomas Dimsdale was an English medical doctor, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1790. He was created Baron Dimsdale of the Russian Empire by Catherine the Great after inoculating her against smallpox. His cousin, housekeeper and third wife Elizabeth Dimsdale was a diarist and recipe collector.

John Rollo M.D. was a Scottish military surgeon, now known for his work on a diabetic diet. Rollo was the first to suggest a low-carbohydrate diet as a treatment for diabetes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Aston Key</span> English surgeon

Charles Aston Key (1793–1849) was an English surgeon.

James Rymer was a Scottish naval surgeon and medical writer.

George Cunningham Monteath was a Scottish physician and oculist.

References

    "Andree, John (fl.1790)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.