Samuel A. Cartwright
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Samuel Cartwright
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| Born |
Samuel Adolphus Cartwright November 3, 1793 Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Died | May 2, 1863 (aged 69) Jackson, Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | Confederate States of America |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Occupation | physician |
| Known for | coining "drapetomania" |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Wren |
Samuel Adolphus Cartwright (November 3, 1793 – May 2, 1863) was a physician who practiced in Mississippi and Louisiana in the antebellum United States. Cartwright is best known as the inventor of the 'disease' of drapetomania and an outspoken critic of germ theory. During the American Civil War he joined the Confederate States of America and was assigned the responsibility of improving sanitary conditions in the camps about Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Cartwright was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Cartwright. Prior to 1812, he began his medical training as an apprentice to Dr. John Brewer. Thereafter, he was apprenticed to Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Cartwright was at one time a surgeon under General (later U.S. President) Andrew Jackson.
He practiced medicine in Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County), then Natchez, Mississippi (Adams County), and finally New Orleans, where he relocated in 1858.
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