John Ware (physician)

John Ware (19 December 1795, Hingham, Massachusetts – 29 April 1864, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American physician and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Biography[]

John Ware graduated from Harvard College in 1813. He then began the study of medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he graduated with M.D. in 1816. Immediately upon graduation, he began to practice medicine in Duxbury, but in 1817 he moved to Boston, where he resided until his death in 1864. In 1832 he was appointed Professor in the Theory and Practice of Medicine in Harvard College's Medical Department and held the professorship until 1858.^[1] His predecessor in the professorship was James Jackson.^[2] In 1828 Ware was one of the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine.^[1] In 1828 he also became the first editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. He was one of the founding members in 1828 of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement^[2] and one of the founding members in 1830 of the Boston Society of Natural History.

In 1823 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[3]

Family[]

The second son of the Unitarian theologian Henry Ware, John Ware married Helen Lincoln (1798–1858) in 1822. Her father Levi was a physician and a fifth cousin of Abraham Lincoln. John and Helen Ware had three daughters and two sons. Their first son died in infancy.

Selected publications[]

• Ware, John (1820). "Some Account of the Late Experiments on Syphilis, with Remarks on the Nature and Treatment of Venereal Diseases". The New England Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Collateral Branches of Science. 9 (4): 354–370. doi:10.1056/NEJM182010010090410.
• —— (1823). "Remarks upon the Study of Pathology; Being Part of an Address Delivered before the Boylston Medical Society, November, 1821". The New England Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Collateral Branches of Science. 12 (4): 337–344. doi:10.1056/NEJM182310010120401.
• —— (1825). "Account of Some Puerperal Cases, Which Occurred at the Boston Almshouse during the Winter of 1823–24". The New England Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Collateral Branches of Science. 14: 13–20. doi:10.1056/NEJM182501010140102.
• —— (1827). "Miscellaneous Observations on Purgative Medicines, and on Costiveness". The New England Medical Review and Journal. 16: 81–99. doi:10.1056/NEJM182701010160104.
• —— (1830). "ART. XVI. Case of Sea-sickness terminating in a singular affection of the Mind". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 10: 379–384. doi:10.1097/00000441-183002000-00015. S2CID 72607941.
• —— (1832). "Remarks on the History and Treatment of Delirium Tremens". The London Medical and Physical Journal. 12 (70): 280–291. PMC 5679877. PMID 30495597.
• —— (1833). "Rupture of the Aorta within the Pericardium". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 8 (7): 103–105. doi:10.1056/NEJM183303270080702.
• —— (1838). "On the Treatment of Delirium Tremens". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 18 (11): 165–168. doi:10.1056/NEJM183804180181101.
• Warren, John C.; Bigelow, Jacob; Shattuck, Geo. C.; Hayward, Geo.; —— (1849). "Cholera Report". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 39 (23): 451–454. doi:10.1056/NEJM184901030392302.
• —— (1850). "On Croup". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 42 (12): 233–246. doi:10.1056/NEJM185004240421202.
• —— (1851). "Success in the Medical Profession". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 43 (25): 496–504. doi:10.1056/NEJM185101220432504.
• —— (1855). "Cases of Albuminuria Occurring after Scarlatina, with Remarks". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 53 (5): 92–99. doi:10.1056/NEJM185508300530502.
• —— (1861). "Dr. Ware's Lectures on General Therapeutics". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 63 (25): 489–497. doi:10.1056/NEJM186101170632501.

References[]

External links[]

• "bust of John Ware (1795–1864)". Harvard Art Museums.