Chevalier jackson autobiography template

American physician

Chevalier Quixote Jackson^[1] (November 4, 1865 – August 16, 1958) was an American pioneer in laryngology.

He is sometimes known as the "father of endoscopy", although Philipp Bozzini (1773–1809) is also often given this sobriquet.

Chevalier jackson autobiography template pdf

Chevalier Q. Jackson extracted over 2000 swallowed foreign bodies from patients. The collection is currently on display at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.

Early life and education

Jackson was born November 4, 1865, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the second of William Stanford Jackson and Katherine Ann Morage's three sons.^[2][3] He went to school at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh) from 1879 to 1883, and received his MD from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

He also studied laryngology in England.

Career and research

His work reduced the risks involved in a tracheotomy. He essentially invented the modern science o