Hiram S. Yellen
Dr. Hiram Samuel Yellen, M.D.[a 1], (25 January 1894 in Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland – 2 September 1969 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY, USA)[1][2] was obstetrician, inventor, colonel in the US Army[3], assistant medical examiner in the Buffalo Dept. of Health, Physician.[2]
Curriculum vitae
Yellen attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he received a MBChB[a 2] in 1915. He also attended the University at Buffalo where he received an M.D.[a 1]
He invented the Yellen Clamp, used in circumcision.
In 1934, Aaron Goldstein and Hiram S. Yellen invented and mass marketed the Gomco clamp which makes it easier for doctors to cut off even more skin than in traditional circumcisions. He invented it on the basis of his experience of using a Ford motor tyre lever.[2]
Publications
Goldstein AA, Yellen HS. Bloodless circumcision of the newborn. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. July 1935; 30(1): 146-7. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
Abbreviations
- ↑ a b
Doctor of Medicine
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common. - ↑
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (Latin: medicinae baccalaureus, baccalaureus chirurgiae; abbreviated in many ways, most commonly MBBS, but also MB ChB, BMBS, MB BCh, MB BChir, and BM BCh.)
References
- ↑
COL Hiram Samuel Yellen
, Find a Grave. Retrieved 30 October 2021. - ↑ a b c
Dr. Hiram S. Yellen, MD
, GENi. Retrieved 30 October 2021. - ↑
Captain J.R. Hunnicott (right) and Colonel Hiram S. Yellen standing in snow at 103rd General Hospital in England
, Texas Digital Archive. Retrieved 30 October 2021.