David Wendel Yandell (September 4, 1826 – May 2, 1898)[1] was an American physician and soldier of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War.
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| Born | September 4, 1826 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, 1898 (aged 71) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Centre College University of Louisville (M.D.) |
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| Spouse | Frances Jane Crutcher |
| Children | 4 |
| Father | Lunsford Yandell |
| Relatives | Lunsford Yandell Jr. (brother) Enid Yandell (niece) |
| Military career | |
| Service | Confederate States Army |
| Unit | Army of the West |
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Early life
editYandell was born on September 4, 1826, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was the eldest child of Lunsford Yandell and Susan Wendel Yandell.[2][3][4] His father was one of the founders of the University of Louisville's Medical Institute.[5][3]
He attended Centre College and graduated with an M.D. from the University of Louisville in 1846.[6] Subsequently, he studied in London and Paris.[5]
Career
editYandell was a distinguished author, teacher, and editor. He wrote several books, including The Microscopist, a Complete Manual on the Use of the Microscope, Curiosities of the Microscope, Physician's Pocket Dose and Prescription Book, and Agreement of Science and Revelation.[1]
During the American Civil War, he served on General Albert Sidney Johnston’s staff as medical director of the Army of the West.[7] He served in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga.[5] At Shiloh, he tended to Union as well as Confederate soldiers.[8]
In 1867, he became chair of science and practice of medicine at the University of Louisville and, in 1869, he became chair of clinical surgery.[6]
He was the co-founder and editor of the medical journal The American Practitioner, and was president of the American Medical Association in 1871. He also was president of the American Surgical Association [7][6]
Personal life
editYandell married Frances Jane Crutcher of Nashville, Tennessee. The couple had four children, including Mrs. W. O. Roberts, Mrs. James F. Buckner Jr. and William.[4][5]
In the last years of his life, he suffered from arteriosclerosis and dementia.[1] He died on May 2, 1898, at his home in Louisville. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.[4][5]
Selected works
edit- The progress of medicine: an introductory lecture delivered in the University of Louisville, on the evening of October 4th, 1869
- Notes on medical matters and medical men in London and Paris
- A clinical lecture on the use of plastic dressing in fractures of lower extremity
- Pioneer surgery in Kentucky : a sketch
- Temperament: an address
References
edit- ^ a b c Kelly, Howard; Burrage, Walter (1920). American Medical Biographies. p. 1277. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
- ^ "Yandell, David Wendel". hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu.
- ^ a b "Kentucky by Heart: Family of Louisville doctor David Yandell made mark on Kentucky, and the world | NKyTribune". Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c "David Wendel Yandell". El Paso Herald. May 26, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e Baird, Nancy Disher (1978). David Wendel Yandell : physician of old Louisville. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-5028-4. OCLC 933516007.
- ^ a b c "David Wendel Yandell, M.D. — School of Medicine University of Louisville". louisville.edu. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Hume, Edgar Erskine (July 1936). "Early Kentucky Medical Literature". Annals of Medical History. 8 (4): 324–347. ISSN 0743-3131. PMC 7939901. PMID 33943537.
- ^ Shapiro, Norman M. (1997). "The Star of the Collection" (PDF). Huntsville Historical Review. 24: 4.
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