Daniel Drake
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October 20, 1785 Plainfield, New Jersey, US |
| Died | November 5, 1852 (aged 67) Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Daniel Drake (October 20, 1785 – November 5, 1852) was a pioneering American physician and prolific writer.
Drake was born in Plainfield, New Jersey to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell. He was the elder brother of Benjamin Drake, author of Life of Tecumseh. Daniel Drake "was predestined for the medical profession by his father. The latter, we are told by those who knew him, was a gentleman by nature and a Christian from convictions produced by a simple and unaffected study of the Word of God. His poverty he regretted, his ignorance he deplored."
Drake studied under William Goforth in Cincinnati from 1800 to 1805, and received the first medical diploma west of the Allegheny Mountains. Daniel graduated from the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania and established a medical practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1807.
He mainly worked on the field of medicine but also advocated social reforms and contributed to geology, botany, and meteorology, and medical geology. He is considered a relevant figure in the history of medicine in the United States. Scholar Gert H. Brieger has called him "a heroic figure in American medicine" whose fame is due to his writings, where he also tried to improve medical education and scientific research.
In 1818 Drake was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society. The library of the AAS holds original copies of around thirty texts written by Drake. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1819.
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