Dr. Nathan Smith

1762 - 1829  (66 years)

• Name	Nathan Smith
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	30 Sep 1762	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jan 1829	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Buried	Aft 29 Jan 1829	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
  	Inscription: N. Smith, Professor of Med. & Surgery in Yale College. Born at Rehobath, Mass. Sep. 30, 1762. Died in this City Jan. 26, 1829.
  Person ID	I1066	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Chase,   b. 1765, Cornish Flat, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 24 Apr 1793  (Age 28 years)
  Married	Bef 1790
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F2207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Hall "Sally" Chase,   b. 1777, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 7 Sep 1848, Rockingham County, New Hampshire  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Bef 1795
  Children	1. Dr. David Solon Chase Hall Smith, M.D.,   b. 27 Jan 1795, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 6 Apr 1859, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island  (Age 64 years)   2. Dr. Nathan Ryno Smith,   b. 28 May 1797, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 3 Jul 1877, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland  (Age 80 years)   3. Sally Malvina Smith,   b. 27 Dec 1799, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 13 Jun 1815, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire  (Age 15 years)   4. Gratia Eliza Smith,   b. 16 May 1803, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire ,   d. 15 Mar 1841, New Hampshire  (Age 37 years)   5. Mary Amanda Smith,   b. 30 Dec 1803, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 18 Jul 1864, New Hampshire  (Age 60 years)   6. Dr. James Morvin Smith,   b. 23 Sep 1805, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 6 May 1853, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut  (Age 47 years)   7. Catherine Camilla Smith,   b. 2 Jul 1807, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 1 Aug 1845, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 38 years)   8. Laura Matilda Smith,   b. 3 Dec 1809, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 7 Aug 1845, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut  (Age 35 years)   9. Dr. John Derby Smith,   b. 9 Apr 1812, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire ,   d. 26 Apr 1884, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)   10. Sarah Smith,   b. 26 Jul 1819, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F2087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Sep 1762 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Died - 29 Jan 1829 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Buried - Aft 29 Jan 1829 - Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Nathan Smith (1762-1829) Nathan Smith was one of New England's best-known and respected physicians. He was a skilled surgeon, teacher, writer, and practitioner. At a time when most American physicians were poorly educated, he single-handedly founded Dartmouth Medical School and co-founded the University of Vermont Medical School, the medical school at Bowdoin College, and the Yale School of Medicine, leading historians to dub him the "Johnny Appleseed of American medicine". Smith first began work as a surgeon in Chester, Vermont at age 21. He later went to the Harvard College's medical department where he obtained his MB in 1790. Smith was the third graduate of Harvard's medical department. He was later awarded an MD by Harvard in 1811. In 1803 Smith had gone to the University of Edinburgh where he attended medical classes for a year. He developed important scientific principles in relation to the pathology of necrosis, on which he founded a new and successful mode of practice. Using the procedure he saved from amputation the leg of the future Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, who was then a child. He was ahead of his time in insisting that doctors practice "watchful waiting" and emphasizing patient-centered care. He published Practical Essays on Typhus Fever in 1824. His Medical and Surgical Memoirs, published posthumously by his son Nathan Ryno Smith in 1831, recounted his extensive experience as a physician in America during its formative years as the United States. Smith's four sons all became physicians, the most prominent being Nathan Ryno Smith.