From 1847 to 1853 he served as the dean of Harvard's medical school, and his most noteworthy medical paper was "The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever." He is more famous for his career as a writer. As the prose editor for the Atlantic Monthly, he produced a popular series of essays later collected into the "Breakfast-Table" books, though he is more famous for his poetry and his son that served on the Supreme Court. FTP, name this poet of The Chambered Nautilus and Old Ironsides.
From 1847 to 1853 he served as the dean of Harvard's medical school, and his most noteworthy medical paper was "The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever." He is more famous for his career as a writer. As the prose editor for the Atlantic Monthly, he produced a popular series of essays later collected into the "Breakfast-Table" books, though he is more famous for his poetry and his son that served on the Supreme Court. FTP, name this poet of The Chambered Nautilus and Old Ironsides.
From 1847 to 1853 he served as the dean of Harvard's medical school, and his most noteworthy medical paper was "The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever."
Oliver Wendell {Holmes}, Sr.