Bard, John

(1716–99) physician; born in Burlington, N.J. After practicing medicine in Philadelphia, he moved to New York City (1746). He performed the first recorded dissection of a cadaver in the United States for the purpose of instruction (1750) and the first surgical delivery of a live fetus (1759). He was a precursor of the public sanitation movement in New York City, advocating measures to prevent the spread of yellow fever.

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Board members exiting included John Bard, John O'Brien and Raymond Troubh; new board members include William Aziz, Brent Baird, Albrecht Bellstedt, Peter Dey, Edward Hannah and G.

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The PSAs also include PVA members Lisa Bard, John Bollinger, Louis Irvin, and Harley Thomas, and nonmembers Nancy Starnes mad Bob Herman.

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