Edwin Hartley Pratt
From Kook Science
| E. H. Pratt | |
|---|---|
 As pictured in Unrivaled Chicago (1896) | |
| Born | Edwin Hartley Pratt 6 November 1849 [1] Towanda, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania |
| Died | 6 March 1930 (80) Galva, Henry Co., Illinois |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (1871); Hahnemann Medical College (1873) |
| Workplace(s) | Cook County Hospital — Chicago Homeopathic Medical College: Demonstrator and Professor of Anatomy (1876-1883); Professor of Surgery (1883-1889); Professor of Orificial Surgery (1890-?) |
| Affiliations | American Association of Orificial Surgeons |
Edwin Hartley Pratt (November 6, 1849 - March 6, 1930) was an American homeopathic anatomist, physician, and surgeon, the founder of orificial surgery, a method that he proposed was a curative for various physical and psychological maladies by means of facilitating blood circulation through surgical operations on the orifices of the body, in particular manifesting as circumcision in men and women, urethral dilation and urethroplasty, and proctological surgery, as well as operations to the ears, nostrils, and mouth.
Selected Bibliography
- Pratt, E. H. (1887), Orificial Surgery and Its Application to the Treatment of Chronic Diseases, Chicago: W. T. Keener, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002089448
- Pratt, E. H. (1893), Hysterectomy by a New Method: Which Is Simple, Safe, Bloodless, and Entirely Obviates the Necessity of Either Clamp, Cautery, or Ligature
- Pratt, E. H. (1893), Continuation of Report on Hysterectomies: Nine More Cases of Hysterectomy Performed by the New Method
- Pratt, E. H.; Williams, Frederick (1901), The Composite Man As Comprehended in Fourteen Anatomical Impersonations, Chicago, https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-06330510R-bk
- Pratt, E. H. (1908), Proceedings of the Fourth Free Clinic In Orificial Surgery and First Free Clinic in Suggestive Therapeutics: Twenty-First Annual Session of the American Association of Orificial Surgeons, Chicago, Ill.: Nanetta L. McCall, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002086581
Pratt was also a contributor to, and the editor-in-chief of, the Journal of Orificial Surgery.
References
- ↑ "Edwin Hartley Pratt, A.M., M.D., LL.D.", A Biographical History: With Portraits, of Prominent Men of the Great West, Chicago, Illinois: Manhattan Publishing Co., 1894, p. 504-, https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8VEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA504