American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . in. His grandfather. Dr. Edward Jones,was from Wales, and came to this country in the famous ship Welcoyne, with WilhamPenn and his colony. He married a daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne, Speaker ofthe Assembly of Penns colony. His son. Dr. Evan Jones, settled at Jamaica, LongIsland, N Y., where John Jones was born in 1729. He was educated at a privateschool in New York, and, at the age of eighteen years. be,tian the study of medicinewith Dr. Tliomas Cadwalader, of Philadelphia. He visited London and attendedthe le
American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . in. His grandfather. Dr. Edward Jones,was from Wales, and came to this country in the famous ship Welcoyne, with WilhamPenn and his colony. He married a daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne, Speaker ofthe Assembly of Penns colony. His son. Dr. Evan Jones, settled at Jamaica, LongIsland, N Y., where John Jones was born in 1729. He was educated at a privateschool in New York, and, at the age of eighteen years. be,tian the study of medicinewith Dr. Tliomas Cadwalader, of Philadelphia. He visited London and attendedthe lectures of Dr. William Hunter and the practice of ^Ir. Percival Pott, in Hospital. In 1757, he again visited France and obtained the degreeof Doctor in Medicine from the Lniversity of Rheims. In Paris he attended theanatomical lectures of Petit, and received instruction from Le Dran and Le Cat,in Hotel Dieu. Dr. Jones began the practice of surgery in the city of New York in 1753, andacquired a wide reputation for skill and siiccess. He performed the first operation. INTRODUCTION. 9 of lithotomy, and siibseqviently was so successful in this field of practice that he wasnot only extensively employed in-the treatment of calculus of the urinary bladder,but, according to Mease, his success was so great that the operation of lithotomy,which had fallen into disrepute in other States, owing to the failures of operators,was rendered popular. Dr. Jones enlisted as surgeon in the Continental Army, but soon retired on ac-count of ill-health. In 1780 he removed to Philadelphia, became surgeon to thePennsylvania Hospital, and was the professional attendant, on occasions, of Wash-ington and Franklin. He died on June 23d. 1791, at the age of sixty-three. Dr. Jones was eminently qualified to be the foimder of a system of surgicaleducation. The qualities of his mind fitted him to be a teacher, and his standardof professional qualification was ideal. He was devoted to surgery as a
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