Edward Lawrence Keyes

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Edward Lawrence Keyes
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Born(1843-08-28)August 28, 1843
Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
DiedJanuary 24, 1924(1924-01-24) (aged 80)
New York, New York
Resting placeGate of Heaven Cemetery
Education
OccupationUrologist
Spouse(s)
Sarah Loughborough
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(m. 1870)​
Children
Signature
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Edward Lawrence Keyes (1843–1924) was a leading American urologist of the late 19th century[1] and the first president of the at its founding in 1888.[2]

Life[]

Keyes, a son of General Erasmus D. Keyes, was born August 28, 1843 at Fort Moultrie Army Base in Charleston, South Carolina.[3] He studied at Yale, 1859–1863, graduating with a master's degree, and briefly served as his father's aide-de-camp.[4] After graduating from Medical College of the City University of New York, he entered into practice with one of his teachers, William Holme Van Buren. In 1870 he himself began lecturing on dermatology and genitourinary surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College.[3]

Family[]

Keyes married Sarah Loughborough on April 26, 1870.[3] From 1881 to 1907 they lived at 930 Fifth Avenue, which they had decorated by John F. Douthitt and where Sarah hosted a salon.[citation needed]

Their son, , was like his father a noted urologist.[citation needed]

Edward Lawrence Keyes died from pneumonia at his home in New York on January 24, 1924.[5] He was buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.[4]

Publications[]

  • with William H. Van Buren, Surgical Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs Including Syphilis (1874)
  • The Venereal Diseases Including Stricture of the Male Urethra (1880)
  • with Charles H. Chetwood, Venereal Diseases: Their Complications and Sequelae (1900)

References[]

  1. ^ Smith, Emily B; Vaughan, E. D.; Belt, Edward S.; Bloom, David A. (November 2003). "Edward Lawrence Keyes: A pivotal early specialist in modern genitourinary surgery". Urology. 62 (5): 968–972. doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(03)00129-8. PMID 14624936.
  2. ^ Moran, Michael E. (2014). Urolithiasis: A Comprehensive History. New York: Springer. p. 300. ISBN 9781461481966.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Keyes, Edward Lawrence". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. IX. James T. White & Company. 1899. pp. 343–344.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b 1923–1924 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (PDF). Yale University. August 1, 1924. pp. 1001–1003. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr. Edward L. Keyes, Noted Medical Authority, Dead". The Boston Globe. New York. January 25, 1924. p. 10. Retrieved November 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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