Gurdon Buck (May 4, 1807 – March 6, 1877) was a pioneering military plastic surgeon during the

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. He is known for being the first doctor to incorporate pre- and post-operative photographs into his publications. Buck's fascia and Buck's extension are both named after him.

Biography

Education

Buck graduated from the

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) is the graduate medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Founded ...

in 1830 and interned at New York Hospital. He also studied in Paris, Berlin and Vienna. He was appointed visiting surgeon to the New York Hospital in 1837 which he held the rest of his life. He was also appointed to the

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Advances in medicine

In 1845, Buck took the first clinical photograph and used an engraving of it in "The Knee Joint Anchylosed at a Right Angle". This was the first known published illustration of a medical photograph. Dr. Buck was a founding fellow of The

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in 1847. He wrote ''Contributions to Reparative Surgery'' (New York, 1876) which is the first American plastic surgery textbook.

Death

He is buried in the New York Marble Cemetery.

References

Publications

* Gurdon Buck, "The Knee-Joint Anchylosed at a Right Angle..." ''

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''. N.S. 10: 277-284, 1845. * Gurdon Buck, "New Treatment For Fractures of the Femur". ''

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''. 1: 181-188, 1860-1862. * Gurdon Buck, "On the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Growths Within the Larynx". '' Transactions of the American Medical Association''. 6: 509-535, 1853. * Gurdon Buck, "Excision of the Elbow Joint in a Case of Suppuration and Caries of the Bones". (Paper delivered at the meeting of The New York Medical and Surgical Society, New York, N.Y., December 3, 1842), p. 1. * Gurdon Buck, "A New Feature in the Anatomical Structure of the Genito-Urinary Organs Not Hitherto Described". ''Transactions of the American Medical Association''. 1: 367-371, 1848.

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