Arthur Tracy Cabot

Arthur Tracy Cabot (January 5, 1852 – November 4, 1912) was an American surgeon who was the first chairman of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts State Hospitals for Consumptives and the first curator of the Harvard Dental Museum.

Early life Cabot was born on January 5, 1852, in Boston. His father, Samuel Cabot III, was a noted physician. His grandfathers, Samuel Cabot Jr. and Patrick Tracy Jackson, and great-grandfather Thomas Handasyd Perkins, were wealthy businessmen.

Cabot attended Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard College in 1872 and Harvard Medical School in 1876. After finishing medical school, he spent fourteen months traveling and studying in Europe.

During his career, Cabot published over 150 articles. His final one, which was on prevention and treatment of childhood tuberculosis, was published in The Atlantic Monthly in November 1912.

Museums Cabot was the first curator of the Harvard Dental Museum, serving from 1879 to 1881. He donated approximately 175 specimens that would form the museum's pathological collection. He was also a supervising director of Harvard's Fogg Museum.

Personal life On August 16, 1882, Cabot married Susan Shattuck, daughter of prominent Boston lawyer George O. Shattuck. They resided in Boston and had no children. In 1902, Cabot hired architect Charles A. Platt to design a country house and garden in Canton, Massachusetts.

Cabot was a member of the Union Club of Boston, Tavern Club, St. Botolph Club, University Club of New York, and The Country Club. He was a Republican, but supported Grover Cleveland for President of the United States. He attended the Unitarian Church.

Cabot died on November 4, 1912, in Boston after an illness of several months. He left $100,000 to Harvard College to be used to purchase books for the Fine Arts department and for the benefit of the medical school. He also left $20,000 for laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital. His Canton estate was inherited by his niece, Eleanor Cabot Bradley.