David Wendell Yandell

David Wendel Yandell (1826-1898)[1] was an American physician and soldier of the Civil War in South Carolina.

Early life

Yandell was born on September 4, 1826, the eldest child of Lunsford Pitt Yandell and Susan Wendel Yandell. [2] [3] His father was one of the founders of the University of Louisville's Medical Institute. [4] [3]

He attended Centre College and graduated with an MD from the University of Louisville in 1846.[5]

He married Frances Jane Crutcher; the couple had four children. [4]

Work

Yandell was a distinguished author, teacher, and editor. He wrote several books, including The Microscopist, a Complete Manual on the Use of the Microscope, Curiosities of the Microscope, Physician's Pocket Dose and Prescription Book, and Agreement of Science and Revelation.[1]

During the American Civil War, he served on General Albert Sidney Johnston’s staff as Medical Director of the Army of the West.[6] He served in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. [4] At Shiloh, he tended to Union as well as Confederate soldiers.[7]

In 1867, he became chair of science and practice of medicine at the University of Louisville and, in 1869, he became chair of clinical surgery.[5]

He was the co-founder and editor of the medical journal The American Practitioner, and was president of the American Medical Association in 1871. He also was president of the American Surgical Association [6] [5]

References
  1. Kelly, Howard; Burrage, Walter (1920). American Medical Biographies. p. 1277. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. "Yandell, David Wendel". hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu.
  3. "Kentucky by Heart: Family of Louisville doctor David Yandell made mark on Kentucky, and the world | NKyTribune". Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. Baird, Nancy Disher (1978). David Wendel Yandell : physician of old Louisville. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-5028-4. OCLC 933516007.
  5. "David Wendel Yandell, M.D. — School of Medicine University of Louisville". louisville.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  6. Hume, Edgar Erskine (July 1936). "Early Kentucky Medical Literature". Annals of Medical History. 8 (4): 324–347. ISSN 0743-3131. PMC 7939901. PMID 33943537.
  7. Shapiro, Norman M. (1997). "The Star of the Collection" (PDF). Huntsville Historical Review. 24: 4.


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