Fifty Years of Medicine and Surgery: An Autobiographical Sketch.

Chicago:: Surgical Publishing, 1934., 1934. 8vo. xxvii, 449 pp. Plates, index. Green gilt-stamped cloth. Fine. "Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, was the founder and managing editor (1905-1935) of the College's journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics (SG&O), which is today known as the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS); and was Director-General of the American College of Surgeons (1913-1935). He graduated from the Chicago Medical College, which later became the Northwestern University Medical School in 1880, and served as an intern at (truncated) Mercy Hospital in Chicago. One of his first contributions to surgery was the founding of a postgraduate school and charity hospital for continuing education in surgery. His realization of the requirements of surgeons in smaller communities prompted his initiation and development of the Clinical Congresses of Surgeons of North America in 1910. Although several categories of founders are credited with the founding of the American College of Surgeons in 1913 as an outgrowth of the Clinical Congresses, Dr. Martin is clearly credited with being the single person most responsible for its founding because of his great vision and tireless work." – American College of Surgeons. (Inventory #: M12943)