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'''Walter Channing''' (April 15, 1786 – July 27, 1876) was an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and [[professor]] of [[medicine]].
'''Walter Channing''' (April 15, 1786 – July 27, 1876) was an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and [[professor]] of [[medicine]].


Born in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], Channing entered [[Harvard University|Harvard College]] in 1804, but left in 1807 on account of the “rebellion” of that year, and afterward received his degree out of course. After studying medicine in [[Boston]] and [[Philadelphia]], he received his diploma from the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and then studied in the [[University of Edinburgh]], receiving a degree there as well. He also studied at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals in [[London]]. He began to practise in Boston in 1812, and in the same year became lecturer on obstetrics at Harvard.<ref name="Appletons">{{Cite Appletons'|Channing, William Ellery|year=1900}} Walter is the second Channing discussed in this article which mainly discusses his brother.</ref> He was the first Professor of [[Obstetrics]] and Medical Jurisprudence at [[Harvard University]] (then called Harvard College), a position he held from 1815 to 1854.<ref name="Baas">{{cite book | title = Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession | author = [[Johann Hermann Baas]] | coauthors = trans. Henry Ebenezer Handerson | publisher = J.H. Vail & Co. | year = 1889 | pages = 1096 | url = http://books.google.com/?id=9e8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1096}}</ref> He became, in 1821, Dr. James Jackson's assistant as physician of the newly established [[Massachusetts General Hospital]], and continued there for nearly twenty years.<ref name="Appletons"/> He was one of the first American physicians to employ [[anesthesia]] during childbirth, and wrote a treatise in its favor, serving as the main American advocate of the practice at the time.<ref name="Baas" /><ref>{{cite journal | author = Claude E. Heaton | title = The History of Anesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics | journal = Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | volume = 1 | issue = 4 | pages = 567–572 | year = 1946 | doi = 10.1093/jhmas/1.4.567 | pmid = 20278344}}</ref> He was a founder and first President of the Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners in 1846. The MSADP continues to follow the same objectives today. Channing died in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]].
Born in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], Channing entered [[Harvard University|Harvard College]] in 1804, but left in 1807 on account of the “rebellion” of that year, and afterward received his degree out of course. After studying medicine in [[Boston]] and [[Philadelphia]], he received his diploma from the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and then studied in the [[University of Edinburgh]], receiving a degree there as well. He also studied at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals in [[London]]. He began to practise in Boston in 1812, and in the same year became lecturer on obstetrics at Harvard.<ref name="Appletons">{{Cite Appletons'|Channing, William Ellery|year=1900}} Walter is the second Channing discussed in this article which mainly discusses his brother.</ref> He was the first Professor of [[Obstetrics]] and Medical Jurisprudence at [[Harvard University]] (then called Harvard College), a position he held from 1815 to 1854.<ref name="Baas">{{cite book | title = Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession | author = [[Johann Hermann Baas]] | coauthors = trans. Henry Ebenezer Handerson | publisher = J.H. Vail & Co. | year = 1889 | pages = 1096 | url = http://books.google.com/?id=9e8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1096}}</ref> He became, in 1821, Dr. James Jackson's assistant as physician of the newly established [[Massachusetts General Hospital]], and continued there for nearly twenty years.<ref name="Appletons"/> He was one of the first American physicians to employ [[anesthesia]] during childbirth, and wrote a treatise in its favor, serving as the main American advocate of the practice at the time.<ref name="Baas" /><ref>{{cite journal | author = Claude E. Heaton | title = The History of Anesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics | journal = Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | volume = 1 | issue = 4 | pages = 567–572 | year = 1946 | doi = 10.1093/jhmas/1.4.567 | pmid = 20278344}}</ref> He was a founder and first President of the Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners in 1846. The MSADP continues to follow the same objectives today. Channing died in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]].

He was the brother of preacher [[William Ellery Channing]] and of fellow Harvard professor (of Rhetoric), [[Edward Tyrrel Channing]]. For further biographical information, see Amelie Kass's book Midwifery and Medicine in Boston: Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876. Northeastern University Press, 2001.


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==Literature==
* [[Amelie Kass]], ''Midwifery and Medicine in Boston: Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876''. [[Northeastern University Press]], 2001.


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Walter Channing (April 15, 1786 – July 27, 1876) was an American physician and professor of medicine. He was the brother of preacher William Ellery Channing and of fellow Harvard professor (of Rhetoric), Edward Tyrrel Channing. He was also the father of the poet William Ellery Channing.

Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Channing entered Harvard College in 1804, but left in 1807 on account of the “rebellion” of that year, and afterward received his degree out of course. After studying medicine in Boston and Philadelphia, he received his diploma from the University of Pennsylvania, and then studied in the University of Edinburgh, receiving a degree there as well. He also studied at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals in London. He began to practise in Boston in 1812, and in the same year became lecturer on obstetrics at Harvard.[1] He was the first Professor of Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence at Harvard University (then called Harvard College), a position he held from 1815 to 1854.[2] He became, in 1821, Dr. James Jackson's assistant as physician of the newly established Massachusetts General Hospital, and continued there for nearly twenty years.[1] He was one of the first American physicians to employ anesthesia during childbirth, and wrote a treatise in its favor, serving as the main American advocate of the practice at the time.[2][3] He was a founder and first President of the Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners in 1846. The MSADP continues to follow the same objectives today. Channing died in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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References

  1. ^ a b public domain Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Walter is the second Channing discussed in this article which mainly discusses his brother.
  2. ^ a b Johann Hermann Baas (1889). Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession. J.H. Vail & Co. p. 1096. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Claude E. Heaton (1946). "The History of Anesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 1 (4): 567–572. doi:10.1093/jhmas/1.4.567. PMID 20278344.

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