Joseph Colt Bloodgood
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| Born |
1 November 1867 Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States |
| Died | 22 October 1935 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | Rubber gloves, early diagnosis |
Joseph Colt Bloodgood (1 November 1867 – 22 October 1935) was a prominent surgeon in the United States based in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He was known for insisting on the use of rubber gloves by the entire surgical team, for advances in methods of identifying and treating benign and malignant cancers, particularly breast and bone cancers, and for advocating education of the public so they would seek routine medical examinations, even before any signs of cancer appeared.
Joseph Colt Bloodgood was born on 1 November 1867 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, son of Francis Bloodgood and Josephine Colt. He was a descendant of Frans Bloetgoet, a Dutch emigrant who had moved to Flushing, Long Island in 1658. His father and uncles were successful lawyers in Wisconsin. His brothers Francis Bloodgood Jr. and Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood were both to become prominent lawyers. He attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1888. His science studies were in histology and embryology, and included making histological sections of tissues for study under the microscope. He went on to the University of Pennsylvania, gaining an M.D. in 1891.
From 1891 to 1892 Bloodgood was resident physician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Between June and November 1892 he was Assistant Resident Surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His first mentor in medical studies in Philadelphia, the eminent Canadian physician William Osler, helped him obtain this position. After six months in this position he was sent to Europe for a year for further studies. He visited the main European centers of surgery and pathology, and met the pathologists Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen and Theodor Billroth.
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