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George Jackson Fisher (November 27, 1825 - February 3, 1893) was a United States surgeon, author, bibliophile and collector. BiographyFisher was born in North Castle, New York. After study at the University of Buffalo, he attended the New York University Medical School, where he graduated in 1849. In 1851 he moved to what is now Ossining, New York. He was medical attendant at the state prison in Sing Sing from 1853 to 1854, United States examining physician of the Seventh Brigade of the New York State National Guard from 1853 to 1873, president of the New York State Medical Society in 1874, and a delegate to the 1876 International Medical Congress. He was the defendant in a noted suit for slander (Wm. P. Woodcock, Jr., M.D. versus George Jackson Fisher, both of Sing Sing; September 1873). He assembled a library of over 4000 volumes, taking a particular interest in anatomy and monstrosities. He brought together 500 portraits (donated to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Library) and 450 medals. WorksHe succeeded Dr. Samuel D. Gross as the contributor of a "History of Surgery" to the International Encyclopædia of Surgery, and published:
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