Background
Bond was born in Calvert County, Maryland, the son of Richard Bond and Elizabeth Chew (née Benson).
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Thomas Bond
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He began his medical training in Annapolis but traveled to Paris and England in 1738 to complete it. He returned to Philadelphia in 1739, and two years later was made Port Inspector for Contagious Diseases in that city.
Career
In addition to his major interest in medicine, he also practiced surgery successfully. Conceiving the idea of establishing a hospital solely concerned with medicine and without the then usual concentration on care of the indigent, Bond enlisted the aid of Benjamin Franklin in raising funds. The Pennsylvania Hospital was formally opened in 1752; and Bond served on its staff for the remainder of his life. In 1766 he inaugurated at the hospital the first course of lectures in clinical medicine in America. He was a founder of the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) and was active in establishment of its medical school in 1765. Bond died on March 26, 1784.
Achievements
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Dr. Bond earned a high reputation as a surgeon, especially for amputations and bladder stone operations. Many patients traveled considerable distances (from as far away as Boston) to avail themselves of his surgical care. He performed the first lithotomy in the United States at Pennsylvania Hospital in October of 1756 and developed a splint for fractures of the lower arm, known as a "Bond splint. "
Membership
Bond was also a founder of the American Philosophical Society in 1768 and the founder and first president of the Humane Society of Philadelphia in 1780.
Connections
His first wife, Susannah Roberts, was the daughter of Edward Roberts, the mayor of Philadelphia. They married in 1735, and with her he had two children. He remarried after her early death and had seven children by Sarah Weyman, among whom was another Dr. Thomas Bond.
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Religion
Quaker