Richard Hodges (surgeon), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American surgeon
Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1827
Date of Death: 09-Feb-1896
Profession: surgeon
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Richard Hodges (surgeon)
- Richard Manning Hodges (November 6, 1827 – February 9, 1896) was an American surgeon.
- He is known for publishing a work on surgical joint excisions, an account of the first use of ether for surgical anesthesia, and for naming the pilonidal sinus.
- Hodges graduated from Harvard College in 1847, and from Harvard Medical School in 1850.
- He first served as a demonstrator in anatomy at the medical school and then as a visiting surgeon and adjunct professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- He was a friend and student of Henry Jacob Bigelow and was a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement.
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