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Henry Jacques Garrigues
Born(1831-06-06)June 6, 1831
Copenhagen, Denmark
DiedJuly 7, 1913(1913-07-07) (aged 82)
EducationUniversity of Copenhagen Faculty of Health Sciences (PhD)
Occupation(s)Medical physician and surgeon
Parent(s)Jacques Louis Garrigue and Cecile Olivia Duntzfelt
Scientific career
InstitutionsNew York Maternity Hospital Gynecologic Department of the German Dispensary

Henry Jacques Garrigues (June 6, 1831 – July 7, 1913) was a Danish-born American medical doctor considered to have introduced antiseptic obstetrics to the United States.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Henri Jacques Garrigues was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to the merchant of French Huguenot origin Jacques Louis Garrigue (1789–1854) and his wife Cecile Olivia Duntzfelt (1798–1863), daughter of Danish merchant William Duntzfelt and granddaughter of Frédéric de Coninck.[2] Charlotte Garrigue, the first lady of Czechoslovakia, was his niece.[3] His first cousin was Malvine Garrigues, the noted soprano.[4] [5]

Career[edit]

Garrigues graduated from the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health Sciences with a medical degree in 1869.[citation needed]After graduating, Garrigues moved to the United States where he resided and worked in New York City. He was named an obstetric surgeon at the New York Maternity Hospital and a physician in the Gynecologic Department of the German Dispensary (now Lenox Hill Hospital).[6] In 1877, Garrigues became a fellow of the American Gynecological Society and was made vice president in 1897.[7]

He was responsible for bring aseptic or antiseptic OB/GYN to America in Oct 1 1883. [Ref: listed on his tombstone]

Death[edit]

On July 7, 1913, Garrigues died at his home in Tryon, North Carolina, aged 82.[8] He is buried in that city.[9]

Bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Henri Jacques Garrigues (Salmonsens konversationsleksikon)
  • ^ Coninck, Frédéric, 1740-1811 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon)
  • ^ Charlotte Masaryk (Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society)
  • ^ Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld (C.H. Garrigues (1937) Ein ideales Sängerpaar) (
  • ^ J. Werner (17 July 2011). "William Duntzfelt". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  • ^ Henry J. Garrigues, M.D.(Annals of Surgery. Volume XV. January–June, 1892)
  • ^ The History of Surgery in the United States, 1775-1900
  • ^ Garrigues H.J. (JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association)
  • ^ Garrigues, Henry Jacques Jun 6, 1831 - Jul 7, 1913 (Polk CO , NC - cemeteries- Tryon Cemetery, Section 2)
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