After his brother's death, Warren volunteered for service and was made a senior surgeon at the hospital in Cambridge. He became surgeon of the general hospital on Long Island in 1776 during General Washington's defense there. He also served at the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton.
Warren returned to Boston in 1777 to continue his medical practices while still serving as a military surgeon in the army hospital there. Warren He became very successful in the years after the war, performing one of the first abdominal operations in America. In 1780 he began teaching a course on dissections and founded Harvard Medical School in 1782. He was known as an excellent teacher, giving "eloquent" lectures. Warren suffered from heart disease for many years[2] but he died on 4 April, 1815 from inflammation of the lungs at age 61. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Paul's Church in Boston. Dr. Warren was a Christian. He was given to bouts of depression, perhaps as a result of his heart disease, to the extent that he lost the will to live to an old age. He was said to be generous and charitable. Personally Warren was of middle height and carried himself with a military bearing of a gentleman, but with an agreeable nature.
Warren was married to the daughter of Governor Collins. His son, Dr John Collins Warren succeeded him as professor of surgery and anatomy.
He was a character in Esther Forbes' 1943 novel Johnny Tremain.
After his brother's death, Warren volunteered for service and was made a senior surgeon at the hospital in Cambridge. He became surgeon of the general hospital on Long Island in 1776 during General Washington's defense there. He also served at the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton.
Warren returned to Boston in 1777 to continue his medical practices while still serving as a military surgeon in the army hospital there. Warren He became very successful in the years after the war, performing one of the first abdominal operations in America. In 1780 he began teaching a course on dissections and founded Harvard Medical School in 1782. He was known as an excellent teacher, giving "eloquent" lectures. Warren suffered from heart disease for many years[2] but he died on 4 April, 1815 from inflammation of the lungs at age 61. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Paul's Church in Boston. Dr. Warren was a Christian. He was given to bouts of depression, perhaps as a result of his heart disease, to the extent that he lost the will to live to an old age. He was said to be generous and charitable. Personally Warren was of middle height and carried himself with a military bearing of a gentleman, but with an agreeable nature.
Warren was married to the daughter of Governor Collins. His son, Dr John Collins Warren succeeded him as professor of surgery and anatomy.
He was a character in Esther Forbes' 1943 novel Johnny Tremain.
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