Chevalier Jackson
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Chevalier Quixote Jackson was an American physician and pioneer in laryngology. He developed an esophagoscope in 1890 and a bronchoscope in 1899 that were major advances in the technology. He removed
Undated portrait of Jackson
Thomas Jefferson University
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Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphi
Chevalier Jackson
…is still used today. He was chair of laryngology at Western Pennsylvania University (now the University of Pittsburgh), professor of laryngology at Jefferson Medical College, and Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He held collegiate chairs at multiple medical colleges in Philadelphia including Jefferson…
The Tivoli Theater in Philadelphia, the first home of the Jefferson Medical College, c. 1824–28
Thomas Eakins' painting The Gross Clinic, housed at Jefferson University from 1876 to 2006
Portrait of William S. Forbes by Thomas Eakins
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania