William Edward Fitch
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William Edward Fitch (May 29, 1867 - September 12, 1949) was an American physician, surgeon and writer.
William Edward Fitch | |
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Born | May 29, 1867 |
Died | September 12, 1949 |
Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
Fitch was born in Burlington, North Carolina. He was educated at the Union Academy in North Carolina and obtained his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore).[1] In 1887, he moved to New York City. He founded the Georgia Journal of Medicine and Surgery.[1] He sold this publication in 1904 and established Gaillard's Southern Medicine. He purchased the journal Pediatrics which he edited until 1911. He also managed the journal Gaillards with Pediatrics.[1]
From 1907-1909, he was lecturer on principles of surgery at Fordham University.[2] He worked as a gynaecologist at the outpatient clinic of Presbyterian Hospital (1907-1916) and physician at Vanderbilt Clinic.[2] During the Spanish–American War, he was a surgeon for United States Marine Hospital Service.[1] He was a major of the Medical Reserve Corps, U.S. Army in 1917. He was the chief nutritionist at the base hospital at Camp Jackson, S.C.[2] He was honourably discharged in December, 1918.[3]
He married Minnie Crump in 1892, they had three children.[2] He died in Coral Gables, Florida.[4]