John Janvier Black (November 6, 1837 - September 27, 1909) was an American surgeon and writer.

Biography

Black was born in Delaware City. He studied at Princeton University and obtained his M.D. from University of Pennsylvania, in 1862.Kelly, Howard A; Burrage, Walter L. (1920). American Medical Biographies. The Norman, Remington Company. pp. 104-105 He was resident physician at Blockley Hospital. He worked as a surgeon in New Castle, Delaware. He was President of Delaware Insane Asylum and instituted Delaware State Hospital.

Black was a farmer and fruit-grower.Anonymous. (1909). Obituary: John Janvier Black. Princeton Alumni Weekly 10: 157-158. He authored The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear. As a surgeon on his country rounds of thirty to forty miles he carried out successful operations with limited equipment. He was a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He married Jeanie Groome Black in 1872, they had two children. His dieting book Eating to Live was positively reviewed.Anonymous. (1907). Reviewed Work: Eating To Live; With Some Advice To The Gouty, The Rheumatic, And The Diabetic by J. Janvier Black. The British Medical Journal 1 (2404): 208. The California State Journal of Medicine noted that "we have been well impressed with Dr. Black's work; physicians may read it with advantage to themselves and their patients."A. J. L. (1906). Eating To Live With Some Advice to the Gouty, Rheumatic, and the Diabetic. A Book for Everybody. By John Janvier Black California State Journal of Medicine 4 (12): 333-334.

Black helped found the National Tuberculosis Association in 1904. He was a founding member of the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society in 1907 and served as president.Higgins, Anthony. (1982). John Janvier Black (1837-1909): An Ornament to his Profession. Delaware Medical Journal 54 (4): 233-237. He died of uremia.

Publications

The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear (1886) Forty Years in the Medical Profession, 1858-1898 (1900)Anonymous. (1900). Forty Years in the Medical Profession. 1858-1898. Journal of the American Medical Association 35 (10): 638. Eating to Live (1906) Consumptives in Delaware (1902)

References

Further reading Dr. John Janvier Black -- Eating to Live. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February, 1907).

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