Francis Daniels Moore (April 17, 1913, in
Evanston, Illinois
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– November 24, 2001, in
Westwood, Massachusetts
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History
Westwood was first settled in 1641 and was part of the town of Dedham, originally called 'West De ...
) was an American
surgeon
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who was a pioneer in numerous experimental surgical treatments. Among his many achievements, he refined
burn-treatment techniques, helped perform the world's first successful
organ transplant
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(which involved a
kidney
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), and accurately determined the volume of
water
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and other nutrients in the human body using
radioactive isotopes of those substances.
In 1952, Moore became a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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. He was awarded the 1978
Lister Medal for his contributions to surgical science. The corresponding Lister Oration, given at the
Royal College of Surgeons of England
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, was delivered on May 23, 1979, and was titled "Science and service". He later became a member of both the
National Academy of Sciences
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and the
American Philosophical Society
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.
Moore graduated from Harvard in 1935, where he was president of ''
The Harvard Lampoon'' magazine and the
Hasty Pudding Club. In 1939, he received his medical degree from
Harvard Medical School
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.
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1913 births
2001 deaths
American surgeons
American medical researchers
People from Evanston, Illinois
Harvard Medical School faculty
Harvard Medical School alumni
The Harvard Lampoon alumni
Hasty Pudding alumni
Harvard College alumni
20th-century surgeons
Members of the American Philosophical Society
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
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