About Ephraim Cutter
Lived 1832 – 1917 (aged 84). Ephraim Cutter was a physician and inventor.
Ephraim Cutter (September 1, 1832 – April 25, 1917) was a United States physician and inventor. He was a pioneer of laryngology in the United States and discovered the tuberculosis cattle test in 1894.
Early life Ephraim Cutter was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on September 1, 1832. After preparing for college at Warren Academy in Woburn, he graduated from Yale University in 1852 (A.B.).
After teaching for a year at Warren Academy, he began his medical studies, eventually getting M.D. degrees from Harvard (1856), and the University of Pennsylvania (1857).
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Who was Ephraim Cutter?
American physician and inventor (1832–1917)
When was Ephraim Cutter born?
Ephraim Cutter was born on 1 September 1832 in Woburn.
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Ephraim Cutter died on 25 April 1917 in West Falmouth.
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Ephraim Cutter was a physician and inventor.
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