John Janvier Black

John Janvier Black (November 6, 1837 - September 27, 1909) was an American surgeon and writer.

Biography

Black was born in Delaware City. He studied at Princeton University and obtained his M.D. from University of Pennsylvania, in 1862. He was resident physician at Blockley Hospital. He worked as a surgeon in New Castle, Delaware. He authored The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear. As a surgeon on his country rounds of thirty to forty miles he carried out successful operations with limited equipment. The California State Journal of Medicine noted that "we have been well impressed with Dr. Black's work; physicians may read it with advantage to themselves and their patients."

Black helped found the National Tuberculosis Association in 1904. He was a founding member of the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society in 1907 and served as president. He died of uremia. Eating to Live (1906) Consumptives in Delaware (1902)