Medical Pioneer. He performed the first successful removal of a brain tumor in the Untied States and operated for cancer on President Grover Cleveland.
The Baptist Encyclopedia, Vol 2, by Wm Cathcart, pg 642:
Keen, William Williams, MD, son of William W. and Susan (Budd) Keen, was born in Philadelphia, Jan 19, 1837. Graduated from the Central High School, January, 1853. Entered Brown University in 1855, and graduated in 1859. After pursuing scientific studies as a resident graduate for one year in Providence, entered Jefferson Medical College in 1860, and graduated MD in March, 1862.
During several years of the war, as Assistant-Surgeon, USA, Dr. Keen discharged duties belonging to his office both on the battlefields and in the general hospitals with great success. Resigning from the service in 1864, he went abroad and pursued his studies in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. In 1866 he settled in private practice in Philadelphia, where he has remained, chiefly devoting himself to anatomy and surgery, and has attained an enviable reputation for skill and ability in his profession. Dec 11, 1867 he married E. Corinna, daughter of Jefferson Borden, of Fall River, Mass. . .
The Baptist Encyclopedia, Vol 2, by Wm Cathcart, pg 642:
Keen, William Williams, MD, son of William W. and Susan (Budd) Keen, was born in Philadelphia, Jan 19, 1837. Graduated from the Central High School, January, 1853. Entered Brown University in 1855, and graduated in 1859. After pursuing scientific studies as a resident graduate for one year in Providence, entered Jefferson Medical College in 1860, and graduated MD in March, 1862.
During several years of the war, as Assistant-Surgeon, USA, Dr. Keen discharged duties belonging to his office both on the battlefields and in the general hospitals with great success. Resigning from the service in 1864, he went abroad and pursued his studies in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. In 1866 he settled in private practice in Philadelphia, where he has remained, chiefly devoting himself to anatomy and surgery, and has attained an enviable reputation for skill and ability in his profession. Dec 11, 1867 he married E. Corinna, daughter of Jefferson Borden, of Fall River, Mass. . .
Medical Pioneer. He performed the first successful removal of a brain tumor in the Untied States and operated for cancer on President Grover Cleveland.
The Baptist Encyclopedia, Vol 2, by Wm Cathcart, pg 642:
Keen, William Williams, MD, son of William W. and Susan (Budd) Keen, was born in Philadelphia, Jan 19, 1837. Graduated from the Central High School, January, 1853. Entered Brown University in 1855, and graduated in 1859. After pursuing scientific studies as a resident graduate for one year in Providence, entered Jefferson Medical College in 1860, and graduated MD in March, 1862.
During several years of the war, as Assistant-Surgeon, USA, Dr. Keen discharged duties belonging to his office both on the battlefields and in the general hospitals with great success. Resigning from the service in 1864, he went abroad and pursued his studies in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. In 1866 he settled in private practice in Philadelphia, where he has remained, chiefly devoting himself to anatomy and surgery, and has attained an enviable reputation for skill and ability in his profession. Dec 11, 1867 he married E. Corinna, daughter of Jefferson Borden, of Fall River, Mass. . .
The Baptist Encyclopedia, Vol 2, by Wm Cathcart, pg 642:
Keen, William Williams, MD, son of William W. and Susan (Budd) Keen, was born in Philadelphia, Jan 19, 1837. Graduated from the Central High School, January, 1853. Entered Brown University in 1855, and graduated in 1859. After pursuing scientific studies as a resident graduate for one year in Providence, entered Jefferson Medical College in 1860, and graduated MD in March, 1862.
During several years of the war, as Assistant-Surgeon, USA, Dr. Keen discharged duties belonging to his office both on the battlefields and in the general hospitals with great success. Resigning from the service in 1864, he went abroad and pursued his studies in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. In 1866 he settled in private practice in Philadelphia, where he has remained, chiefly devoting himself to anatomy and surgery, and has attained an enviable reputation for skill and ability in his profession. Dec 11, 1867 he married E. Corinna, daughter of Jefferson Borden, of Fall River, Mass. . .
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