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Nathan Smith Davis, Sr.
Nathan Smith Davis, Sr.
Born	1817; near Greene, Chenango County, New York
Died	June 17, 1904;
Profession	medicine
Institutions	Rush Medical, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Northwestern University
Specialism	medical educator and organizer
Known for	"founder" of the Chicago Medical Society; "founder" of the AMA,; first editor of JAMA,; co-founder of North-Western University; co-founder of the Chicago Academy of Sciences; co-founder of the Chicago Historical Society
Years active	from 1834
Education	A.M., M.D., LLD

Nathan Smith Davis Sr., A.M., M.D., LLD (1817-1904) was a physician who was instrumental in the establishment of the American Medical Association,^[2]^[3] and was twice elected its president.^[4] He became the first editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Davis wrote the majority report of the committee of the AMA which, in 1870, barred blacks and women from membership in that association.^[4]

Davis's son and grandson of the same name themselves became physicians.^[5]

[edit] References

^ "Nathan Smith Davis, .D., LL.D., Chicago". British Medical Journal: 101. 1904-07-09.
^ Baker Robert B (1999). The American medical ethics revolution. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801861703.
^ Leake Chauncey D (April 1971). "Percival's Medical Ethics: Promise and Problems". California Medicine 114 (4): 68-70.
^ ^a ^b Link Eugene P (1992). The social ideas of American physicians (1776-1976): studies of the humanitarian tradition in medicine. Susquehanna University Press. pp. 73-83. ISBN 9780945636342.
^ "Memorial: Nathan Smith Davis". Trans Am Climatolog Clin Assoc 37: xx-xxi. 1921.

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