John was the son of Jacob Hodgen and Frances Park Brown.
During his lifetime, Dr. Hodgen was one of the most important physicians in the Midwest. During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon and filled the role of surgeon-general of Missouri for two years. He taught at the St. Louis Medical College (which would become part of Washington University) and at St. Louis City Hospital. He held numerous local and state-wide positions in medical organizations. He was instrumental in improving sanitary conditions in hospitals in St. Louis and became so well-known that he was president of the American Medical Association in 1880. During his career, he invented all kinds of surgical aids, including traction devices, splints, and a double-action syringe and stomach pump. He wrote numerous medical articles and was known throughout the world when he died, much too young, of peritonitis brought on by an ulcerated gall bladder. His original tombstone is still standing but is eroding.
During his lifetime, Dr. Hodgen was one of the most important physicians in the Midwest. During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon and filled the role of surgeon-general of Missouri for two years. He taught at the St. Louis Medical College (which would become part of Washington University) and at St. Louis City Hospital. He held numerous local and state-wide positions in medical organizations. He was instrumental in improving sanitary conditions in hospitals in St. Louis and became so well-known that he was president of the American Medical Association in 1880. During his career, he invented all kinds of surgical aids, including traction devices, splints, and a double-action syringe and stomach pump. He wrote numerous medical articles and was known throughout the world when he died, much too young, of peritonitis brought on by an ulcerated gall bladder. His original tombstone is still standing but is eroding.
John was the son of Jacob Hodgen and Frances Park Brown.
During his lifetime, Dr. Hodgen was one of the most important physicians in the Midwest. During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon and filled the role of surgeon-general of Missouri for two years. He taught at the St. Louis Medical College (which would become part of Washington University) and at St. Louis City Hospital. He held numerous local and state-wide positions in medical organizations. He was instrumental in improving sanitary conditions in hospitals in St. Louis and became so well-known that he was president of the American Medical Association in 1880. During his career, he invented all kinds of surgical aids, including traction devices, splints, and a double-action syringe and stomach pump. He wrote numerous medical articles and was known throughout the world when he died, much too young, of peritonitis brought on by an ulcerated gall bladder. His original tombstone is still standing but is eroding.
During his lifetime, Dr. Hodgen was one of the most important physicians in the Midwest. During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon and filled the role of surgeon-general of Missouri for two years. He taught at the St. Louis Medical College (which would become part of Washington University) and at St. Louis City Hospital. He held numerous local and state-wide positions in medical organizations. He was instrumental in improving sanitary conditions in hospitals in St. Louis and became so well-known that he was president of the American Medical Association in 1880. During his career, he invented all kinds of surgical aids, including traction devices, splints, and a double-action syringe and stomach pump. He wrote numerous medical articles and was known throughout the world when he died, much too young, of peritonitis brought on by an ulcerated gall bladder. His original tombstone is still standing but is eroding.
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