xt7xks6j2258_66 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl.dao.xml Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton),
                    1886- Cubit feet ? 7 boxes This collection comprises six scrapbooks (plus one box of miscellaneous items) of letters, newsclippings, and photographs documenting major milestones in the career of Lexinngton, Kentucky surgeon Fred W. Rankin, M.D. archival material English unknown This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed.  Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically.  Physical rights are retained by the owning repository.  Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.  For information about permissions to reproduce or publish, contact the Special Collections Research Center. Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Scrapbooks Correspondence –– Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton),
                1886- American Medical Association Military Medicine –– History –– United
                States American Surgical Association American College of Surgeons News clipping. "Dr. Fred Wharton Rankin –– President-Elect of                                 the American Medical Association." Bulletin of                                     the School of Medicine, University of Maryland, pp.                                 51-52 text News clipping. "Dr. Fred Wharton Rankin –– President-Elect of                                 the American Medical Association." Bulletin of                                     the School of Medicine, University of Maryland, pp.                                 51-52 2012 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl_2/rankin4kdl_2_8d/i2-8d/i2-8d.pdf [1941] 1941 [1941] section false xt7xks6j2258_66 xt7xks6j2258 DR. FRED WHARTON RANKIN—PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association has elected
a graduate of the School of Medicine of the University of Maryland to the
highest honor in the province of scientific medicine. Dr. Rankin has
participated notably in the affairs of the American Medical Association and
of many other scientific bodies. He was born in Mooresville, North Caro-
lina on December 20, 1886. After receiving his bachelor of arts degree
from Davidson College in 1905 he received his degree of doctor of medicine
from the University of Maryland in 1909 and the degree of master of arts
from St. ]ohn’s College in 1913. He was also made honorable doctor of
sciences by Davidson College, his alma mater, in 1937, and honorary doctor
of laws by the University of Maryland in 1939.
Following his graduation in medicine Dr. Rankin became a resident
surgeon at the University Hospital from 1909 to 1912, and served as as-
sistant demonstrator of anatomy and associate in surgery at the School of
Medicine of the University of Maryland from 1913 to 1916. He then
joined the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, acting as assistant surgeon
at St. Mary’s Hospital from 1916 to 1923. He was professor of surgery
at the University of Louisville, 1922-23, and served as surgeon to the Mayo
Clinic and as associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical
School, Mayo Foundation, from 1926 to 1933. He then removed to
Lexington, Kentucky, where he became surgeon to St. ]oseph’s and the
Good Samaritan Hospitals, with which he has been associated since ]an-
uary 1, 1934. Dr. Rankin also is Clinical Professor of Surgery at the
University of Louisville. In the World War he served as a major in the
Medical Corps for seventeen months and was attached to the First Army
Corps, 4th and 26th divisions in France, as commanding officer of Base
_ Hospital No. 26. He is now a colonel in the Medical Reserve Corps.
Dr. Rankin has been honored by many medical organizations, including
the presidency of the Southern Surgical Association and the Southeastern
Surgical Congress. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons,
and a member of the American Surgical Association, American Proctologic
Society, Eastern and Western Surgical Associations, Southern Medical
Association, and many surgical clubs and medical fraternities. He was one
of the founder members of the American Board of Surgery, representing in
that body the Section on Surgery of the American Medical Association.
His contributions to medical literature include a monograph on "Surgery of
the Colon"; a work on "The Colon, Rectum and Anus," published in
1932 jointly with Drs. ]. A. Bargen and L. A. Buie, and a work on "Cancer
of the Colon and Rectum," published with Dr. A. S. Graham in 1939.
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