Benjamin Winslow Dudley

Benjamin Winslow Dudley (April 12, 1785 – January 20, 1870) was an American surgeon and academic in Kentucky, United States. Trained at the University of Pennsylvania, in London, and in Paris, he performed hundreds of lithotomy, trephinations and treated aneurysms. In his lectures and writing, he stressed the importance of preparation and cleanliness. He served as a professor of medicine at Transylvania University from 1817 to 1850, where he taught many future physicians who treated members (and later veterans) of the Confederate States Army.

Early life Benjamin Winslow Dudley was born on April 12, 1785, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. His father was Ambrose Parson Dudley and his mother, the former Ann Parker.

Dudley was trained by Dr Frederick Ridgely in Lexington. He briefly attended Transylvania University in Lexington. Dudley subsequently joined the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He also served as Professor of Medicine until 1850. Over the course of more than three decades, he hired faculty members to the department and oversaw the medical education of over 6,000 students. One day, Dudley had an argument with a colleague, William H. Richardson.

Dudley became known for his expertise as a surgeon throughout the Western United States.