American orthopedic surgeon (1794-1871)
John Rhea Barton (April 1794 – January 1, 1871) was an American orthopedic surgeon remembered for describing Barton's fracture .[ 1] [ 2]
Early life
Barton was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in April 1794. He was the son of Elizabeth (née Rhea) Barton (b. 1759) and William Barton (1754–1817), a lawyer who designed the Great Seal of the United States . Among his siblings was older brother was William Paul Crillon Barton , the medical botanist, physician, professor, naval surgeon, and botanical illustrator. His uncle, Benjamin Smith Barton , was an eminent medical botanist and vice-president of the American Philosophical Society .
Barton graduated from the School of Medicine (now known as the Perelman School of Medicine ) at the University of Pennsylvania in 1818 and started teaching there soon after.
Career
He became surgeon at the Philadelphia Almshouse, working for Philip Syng Physick , and returned to the Pennsylvania Hospital as surgeon in 1823.
He was said to be ambidextrous , and did not move around once positioned for an operation. He originated the osteotomy for joint ankylosis , performing a femoral osteotomy between the greater and lesser trochanters ;[ 3] in 1826 he performed a hip osteotomy in seven minutes.
He is also known for the Barton bandage , a figure-of-eight bandage to support the jaw, and Barton forceps , curved obstetric forceps .[ 4]
Personal life
Barton was married to Ann Fries Frazer (1807–1837). Ann was the daughter of Robert Frazer, the District Attorney for Delaware County , and granddaughter of Gen. Persifor Frazer . In Philadelphia, the Bartons resided at 512 South Broad Street .[ 5] Together, they were the parents of:
After his first wife's death, Barton remarried to heiress Susanna Ridgway Rotch,[ 6] the daughter of merchant Jacob Ridgway .[ 5]
Barton died on January 1, 1871, in Philadelphia . He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[ 7]
Descendants
Through his daughter Alice,[ 8] [ 9] he was the grandfather of John Rhea Barton Willing , who did not marry;[ 10] Susan Ridgway Willing , who married Francis Cooper Lawrance Jr.;[ 11] and Ava Lowle Willing , who was married to John Jacob Astor IV (son of William B. Astor, Jr. and Caroline Schermerhorn Astor ) until 1910,[ 12] and, thereafter, to Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale .[ 13] [ 14]
Legacy
In 1877, his widow Susan Ridgley Barton endowed "The John Rhea Barton Professorship of Surgery," at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , the first endowed chair in surgery in the U.S.[ 15]
References
^ Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). "Barton, John Rhea" . American Medical Biographies . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
^ Barton JR. Views and treatment of an important injury of the wrist. Medical Examiner , Philadelphia, 1838; 1: 365-368
^ Barton JR (March 2007). "On the treatment of ankylosis by the formation of artificial joints. 1827". Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res . 456 : 9– 14. doi :10.1097/BLO.0b013e31803254fd . PMID 17496747 . S2CID 202795350 .
^ John Rhea Barton at Who Named It?
^ a b c VanSant, Kimber (May 4, 2009). "Dr. John Rhea Barton Residence | 512 South Broad Street" (PDF) . vansant.us . Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018 .
^ "Susan Ridgway Rotch Barton. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections" . digital.librarycompany.org . Retrieved 16 July 2018 .
^ Smith, R.A. (1852). Smith's Illustrated Guide to and Through Laurel Hill Cemetery . Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard. p. 4. Retrieved 11 November 2021 .
^ Klein, Randolph Shipley (1975). Portrait of an Early American Family: The Shippens of Pennsylvania Across Five Generations . University of Pennsylvania Press . ISBN 9780812277005 . Retrieved 11 July 2018 .
^ Browning, Charles Henry (1891). Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to the Legitimate Issue of Kings . Porter & Costes. p. 86. Retrieved 11 July 2018 .
^ "J.R. BARTON WILLING DEAD. Brother of Mrs. John Astor Succumbs to Diphtheria at 48" (PDF) . The New York Times . September 3, 1913. Retrieved 11 July 2018 .
^ "F.C. LAWRENCE, JR., MARRIED. Bride Was Miss Susan Willing, a Sister of Mrs. J.J. Astor — Ceremony Performed at Newport" (PDF) . The New York Times . November 3, 1899. Retrieved 16 July 2018 .
^ "Would Probably Share $100,000,000 Estate with Stepmother in Event of His Father's Death" . The New York Times . April 17, 1912. Retrieved 2008-08-11 . Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, obtained her divorce from John Jacob Astor, in November, 1909
^ "Lady Ribblesdale Dead. First Wife of John Jacob Astor IV. Mother of Vincent Astor" . The New York Times . June 11, 1958. Retrieved 2008-08-11 . Ava Willing Ribblesdale, she took up residence here. She continued to be listed in the telephone directory as Lady Ribblesdale.....
^ The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), Frank Willing Leach, Genealogies of Old Philadelphia Families Published in the Sunday North American, vol. 1, p. 133.
^ "John Rhea Barton Professorship of Surgery | Endowed Professorships" . www.med.upenn.edu . Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania . Retrieved 16 July 2018 .
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