Description:
Steel engraved, black and white print depicting a quarter-length portrait of a clean-shaven, dark haired man wearing a cravat and waistcoat, with cloud shapes around his head in a modern frame, which is titled "VALENTINE MOTT M.D./ PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK" and "Drawn by H. Inman. Engraved by A. Durand." Dr. Valentine Mott (1785-1865), who was a teacher (at what is now Columbia University) of and close friend of Dr. Stephen West Williams (1790-1855) of Deerfield, was considered the most distinguished American surgeon during the first half of the 19th century. Descended from Adam Mott, an English Quaker who settled in Long Island, New York about 1660, Mott was born in Glen Cove, Long Island; his father, Henry Mott, was a physician in New York City. In 1824, Mott performed one of the first successful amputations at the hip, and rapidly gained recognition as a leading pioneer in vein surgery. According to his former teacher, Sir Ashley Cooper, Mott performed more major operations than any other surgeon in history up to his time.
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