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. He was described in his obituary as the "great slasher” and his methods led to the phrase "death by Deaver". He wrote five textbooks and nearly 250 articles. He was interred at

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* 1855 births 1931 deaths American surgeons Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery 20th-century surgeons {{US-physician-stub