Thomas Lathrop Stedman,

M.D. A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated MD, from the Latin ) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the ''MD'' denotes a professional degree of physician. This ge ...

(1853-1938) was an early American

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and editor of the

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starting in 1890.

Biography

He was born in

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, on October 11, 1853. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from

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, and studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1877. He was a fellow of the

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. He became an editor of the

starting in 1890. In 1903 he became editor of Dunglison's New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature. It became

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for the 1911 edition. He died May 16, 1938, in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stedman, Thomas Lanthrop 19th-century American physicians 1853 births 1938 deaths