Background
Garretson, James Edmund was born on October 4, 1828 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Jacob M. and Mary (Powell) Garretson.
Garretson, James Edmund was born on October 4, 1828 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Jacob M. and Mary (Powell) Garretson.
Graduate Philadelphia College Dental Surgery, 1856. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1859.
With Philadelphia Dental College, 1874-1895, professor anatomy and surgery, 1878, dean of faculty, 1880. Professor clinical surgery Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. President Medical and Chirurgical Society Philadelphia, 1883.
Originator of oral surgery as a specialty of dentistry.
1st surgeon to employ dental engine as modified for surgical operations, 1882. Author: A Treatise on the Diseases and Surgery of the Mouth, Jaws and Associated Parts, 1869.
A System of Oral Surgery, 1873, 81, 84, 90, 95. Manitoba and His World, 1889.
Married Beulah Craft, November 10, 1859, 2 daus.