"William T. Belfield (1856–1929) was an American urologist who is credited with having performed the first intentional prostatectomy (via the suprapubic route) in 1885, 1886 or 1887 at Cook County Hospital. It is possible he only performed a partial prostatectomy.[1][2] The British surgeon Arthur Fergusson McGill (1850-1890) performed a similar procedure very close to this time, but McGill ultimately recognized Belfield as having been first.[3]
Belfield was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1856 but spent much of his childhood in Chicago.[4] He earned his medical doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1877[5] and later became its chair of the department of urology in 1883.[5] He traveled through Europe obtaining further surgical experience after graduating from medical school. He was instrumental in reporting the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch in the United States and was an early champion of the discipline of microbiology. He was the sixth president of the American Urological Association.[6][7] " - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parents:
William Thomas Belfield (1809- )and Selener Emily Marshall (1802- ) both came from Nottingham, England. The Belfields and the Marshall Families came to Philadelphia in 1810s-1820s. They settled in Baltimore, Maryland, moving later to Philadelphia.
Siblings:
Henry Holmes Belfield (1837-1912) married Anne Wallace Miller (1848-1928) on July 27, 1869.
Dr. Frederick William "F. W." Belfield (1844 -1873)
William Marshall Belfield d: age 16 - fell off a river boat on the Mississippi
Emma Selener Belfield (abt.1842-1848)
Edwin Belfield
Charles Edward Belfield (1847- )
Selener Emma Belfield (1847- ) married Henry Fish (1838- )
William Thomas Belfield (1854-1929)(never married)
Belfield, William Thomas, Distinguished Physician, Researcher, and Professor of Medicine. Born at St. Louis, Mo., on June 15, 1854. While quite young, his family moved to Dubuque, Iowa. At the age of eight, his family came to Chicago, where he attended the public schools in Chicago. At the age of seventeen years, he was the valedictorian of his graduating class, Central High School. From 1870-1872, he studied scientific courses at the University of Michigan. He returned to Chicago where he taught for four years at the Central High School. In his free time he studied medicine, graduating from Rush Medical College, in 1877, with the highest honors. Resident physician to the Cook County Hospital for 18 months, after which he went abroad for three years to Europe to continue to study medicine. There he worked with doctors at the universities of Vienna, Leipsic, Berlin, Paris and London. On his return to America, he began to make his reputation. During his stay in Germany, he had given a series of papers and lectures. He later invited to give a course of lectures ("The Cartwright Lectures") to the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (at the time he was the third American honored by an invitation). In February, 1883, he was appointed lecturer on pathology and genito-urinary diseases. Soon after his return from Europe, he was appointed microscopist to the Cook County Hospital. He was also the professor of microscopy in the College of Dental Surgery. Dr. Belfield, was recognized as an expert in microscopy and often giving his learned opinions in court. He was also Professor of the University of Chicaogo in his field. A frequent contributor to medical journals, he wrote extensively for the medical reviews of Berlin, Vienna and America. He published a volume for the Standard Library of William Wood & Co., New York. His work, "Diseases of the Urinary and Male Sexual Organs," was published in October, 1884. Four "Cartwright Lectures" were published. He was a member of City, State and National Medical societies and of the State and National Microscopical societies, a medical director for Illinois of the Hartford Life Insurance Company, a member of the Union Club and the Chicago Literary Club among others.
Belfield was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1856 but spent much of his childhood in Chicago.[4] He earned his medical doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1877[5] and later became its chair of the department of urology in 1883.[5] He traveled through Europe obtaining further surgical experience after graduating from medical school. He was instrumental in reporting the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch in the United States and was an early champion of the discipline of microbiology. He was the sixth president of the American Urological Association.[6][7] " - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parents:
William Thomas Belfield (1809- )and Selener Emily Marshall (1802- ) both came from Nottingham, England. The Belfields and the Marshall Families came to Philadelphia in 1810s-1820s. They settled in Baltimore, Maryland, moving later to Philadelphia.
Siblings:
Henry Holmes Belfield (1837-1912) married Anne Wallace Miller (1848-1928) on July 27, 1869.
Dr. Frederick William "F. W." Belfield (1844 -1873)
William Marshall Belfield d: age 16 - fell off a river boat on the Mississippi
Emma Selener Belfield (abt.1842-1848)
Edwin Belfield
Charles Edward Belfield (1847- )
Selener Emma Belfield (1847- ) married Henry Fish (1838- )
William Thomas Belfield (1854-1929)(never married)
Belfield, William Thomas, Distinguished Physician, Researcher, and Professor of Medicine. Born at St. Louis, Mo., on June 15, 1854. While quite young, his family moved to Dubuque, Iowa. At the age of eight, his family came to Chicago, where he attended the public schools in Chicago. At the age of seventeen years, he was the valedictorian of his graduating class, Central High School. From 1870-1872, he studied scientific courses at the University of Michigan. He returned to Chicago where he taught for four years at the Central High School. In his free time he studied medicine, graduating from Rush Medical College, in 1877, with the highest honors. Resident physician to the Cook County Hospital for 18 months, after which he went abroad for three years to Europe to continue to study medicine. There he worked with doctors at the universities of Vienna, Leipsic, Berlin, Paris and London. On his return to America, he began to make his reputation. During his stay in Germany, he had given a series of papers and lectures. He later invited to give a course of lectures ("The Cartwright Lectures") to the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (at the time he was the third American honored by an invitation). In February, 1883, he was appointed lecturer on pathology and genito-urinary diseases. Soon after his return from Europe, he was appointed microscopist to the Cook County Hospital. He was also the professor of microscopy in the College of Dental Surgery. Dr. Belfield, was recognized as an expert in microscopy and often giving his learned opinions in court. He was also Professor of the University of Chicaogo in his field. A frequent contributor to medical journals, he wrote extensively for the medical reviews of Berlin, Vienna and America. He published a volume for the Standard Library of William Wood & Co., New York. His work, "Diseases of the Urinary and Male Sexual Organs," was published in October, 1884. Four "Cartwright Lectures" were published. He was a member of City, State and National Medical societies and of the State and National Microscopical societies, a medical director for Illinois of the Hartford Life Insurance Company, a member of the Union Club and the Chicago Literary Club among others.
"William T. Belfield (1856–1929) was an American urologist who is credited with having performed the first intentional prostatectomy (via the suprapubic route) in 1885, 1886 or 1887 at Cook County Hospital. It is possible he only performed a partial prostatectomy.[1][2] The British surgeon Arthur Fergusson McGill (1850-1890) performed a similar procedure very close to this time, but McGill ultimately recognized Belfield as having been first.[3]
Belfield was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1856 but spent much of his childhood in Chicago.[4] He earned his medical doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1877[5] and later became its chair of the department of urology in 1883.[5] He traveled through Europe obtaining further surgical experience after graduating from medical school. He was instrumental in reporting the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch in the United States and was an early champion of the discipline of microbiology. He was the sixth president of the American Urological Association.[6][7] " - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parents:
William Thomas Belfield (1809- )and Selener Emily Marshall (1802- ) both came from Nottingham, England. The Belfields and the Marshall Families came to Philadelphia in 1810s-1820s. They settled in Baltimore, Maryland, moving later to Philadelphia.
Siblings:
Henry Holmes Belfield (1837-1912) married Anne Wallace Miller (1848-1928) on July 27, 1869.
Dr. Frederick William "F. W." Belfield (1844 -1873)
William Marshall Belfield d: age 16 - fell off a river boat on the Mississippi
Emma Selener Belfield (abt.1842-1848)
Edwin Belfield
Charles Edward Belfield (1847- )
Selener Emma Belfield (1847- ) married Henry Fish (1838- )
William Thomas Belfield (1854-1929)(never married)
Belfield, William Thomas, Distinguished Physician, Researcher, and Professor of Medicine. Born at St. Louis, Mo., on June 15, 1854. While quite young, his family moved to Dubuque, Iowa. At the age of eight, his family came to Chicago, where he attended the public schools in Chicago. At the age of seventeen years, he was the valedictorian of his graduating class, Central High School. From 1870-1872, he studied scientific courses at the University of Michigan. He returned to Chicago where he taught for four years at the Central High School. In his free time he studied medicine, graduating from Rush Medical College, in 1877, with the highest honors. Resident physician to the Cook County Hospital for 18 months, after which he went abroad for three years to Europe to continue to study medicine. There he worked with doctors at the universities of Vienna, Leipsic, Berlin, Paris and London. On his return to America, he began to make his reputation. During his stay in Germany, he had given a series of papers and lectures. He later invited to give a course of lectures ("The Cartwright Lectures") to the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (at the time he was the third American honored by an invitation). In February, 1883, he was appointed lecturer on pathology and genito-urinary diseases. Soon after his return from Europe, he was appointed microscopist to the Cook County Hospital. He was also the professor of microscopy in the College of Dental Surgery. Dr. Belfield, was recognized as an expert in microscopy and often giving his learned opinions in court. He was also Professor of the University of Chicaogo in his field. A frequent contributor to medical journals, he wrote extensively for the medical reviews of Berlin, Vienna and America. He published a volume for the Standard Library of William Wood & Co., New York. His work, "Diseases of the Urinary and Male Sexual Organs," was published in October, 1884. Four "Cartwright Lectures" were published. He was a member of City, State and National Medical societies and of the State and National Microscopical societies, a medical director for Illinois of the Hartford Life Insurance Company, a member of the Union Club and the Chicago Literary Club among others.
Belfield was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1856 but spent much of his childhood in Chicago.[4] He earned his medical doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1877[5] and later became its chair of the department of urology in 1883.[5] He traveled through Europe obtaining further surgical experience after graduating from medical school. He was instrumental in reporting the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch in the United States and was an early champion of the discipline of microbiology. He was the sixth president of the American Urological Association.[6][7] " - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parents:
William Thomas Belfield (1809- )and Selener Emily Marshall (1802- ) both came from Nottingham, England. The Belfields and the Marshall Families came to Philadelphia in 1810s-1820s. They settled in Baltimore, Maryland, moving later to Philadelphia.
Siblings:
Henry Holmes Belfield (1837-1912) married Anne Wallace Miller (1848-1928) on July 27, 1869.
Dr. Frederick William "F. W." Belfield (1844 -1873)
William Marshall Belfield d: age 16 - fell off a river boat on the Mississippi
Emma Selener Belfield (abt.1842-1848)
Edwin Belfield
Charles Edward Belfield (1847- )
Selener Emma Belfield (1847- ) married Henry Fish (1838- )
William Thomas Belfield (1854-1929)(never married)
Belfield, William Thomas, Distinguished Physician, Researcher, and Professor of Medicine. Born at St. Louis, Mo., on June 15, 1854. While quite young, his family moved to Dubuque, Iowa. At the age of eight, his family came to Chicago, where he attended the public schools in Chicago. At the age of seventeen years, he was the valedictorian of his graduating class, Central High School. From 1870-1872, he studied scientific courses at the University of Michigan. He returned to Chicago where he taught for four years at the Central High School. In his free time he studied medicine, graduating from Rush Medical College, in 1877, with the highest honors. Resident physician to the Cook County Hospital for 18 months, after which he went abroad for three years to Europe to continue to study medicine. There he worked with doctors at the universities of Vienna, Leipsic, Berlin, Paris and London. On his return to America, he began to make his reputation. During his stay in Germany, he had given a series of papers and lectures. He later invited to give a course of lectures ("The Cartwright Lectures") to the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (at the time he was the third American honored by an invitation). In February, 1883, he was appointed lecturer on pathology and genito-urinary diseases. Soon after his return from Europe, he was appointed microscopist to the Cook County Hospital. He was also the professor of microscopy in the College of Dental Surgery. Dr. Belfield, was recognized as an expert in microscopy and often giving his learned opinions in court. He was also Professor of the University of Chicaogo in his field. A frequent contributor to medical journals, he wrote extensively for the medical reviews of Berlin, Vienna and America. He published a volume for the Standard Library of William Wood & Co., New York. His work, "Diseases of the Urinary and Male Sexual Organs," was published in October, 1884. Four "Cartwright Lectures" were published. He was a member of City, State and National Medical societies and of the State and National Microscopical societies, a medical director for Illinois of the Hartford Life Insurance Company, a member of the Union Club and the Chicago Literary Club among others.
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