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Frederic Jay Cotton

by Dr Mike Cadogan, last update December 4, 2018

Frederic Jay Cotton (1869–1939)

Frederic Jay Cotton (1869–1939) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon.

Eponymously affiliated with the Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) and Cotton-Loader postion (extreme palmar flexion and ulnar deviation in closed reduction of distal radius fractures)

Cotton contributed extensively to the literature on fractures and dislocations. He collaborated on ‘Treatise on Orthopedic Surgery‘ (Bradford EHH, Lovett RW.) and ‘The treatment of fractures’ (Scudder CL) prior to publication of his own tome in 1910 ‘Dislocations and Joint Fractures’

Biography

  • Born 24 September 1869 Newport, Rhode Island
  • 1890 – Graduated Harvard College
  • 1894 – AM MD, Harvard Medical School
  • 1894-1897 studied bacteriology in New York, Vienna. Established the laboratory of bacteriology at the Infants Hospital
  • 1898 – Surgeon in the Spanish–American War
  • 1902-1932 Surgeon to outpatients at the City Hospital
  • 1917 – WW I, Major in the United States Army
  • Professor of surgery at Tufts College Medical School, Boston
  • Died 14 April 1938, Boston

Medical Eponyms

  • Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture)
  • Cotton-Loder position (extreme palmar flexion and ulnar deviation in closed reduction of distal radius fractures)

Major Publications

  • Cotton FJ. Cotton FJ. A new type of ankle fracture. JAMA. 1915;64:318–321.
  • Cotton FJ. Dislocations and Joint-Fractures. W.B. Saunders. 191
  • Cotton FJ, Brickley WJ. Luxation of the ulna forward at the wrist (without fracture). Ann Surg. 1912 Mar; 55(3): 368–374. [PMC1407396]

References

  • Lund, FB. Memoir: Frederic Jay Cotton 1869-1938. Ann Surg. 1939 Feb;109(2):317-9.[PMID 17857328]
  • Mostofi SB. Who’s Who in Orthopedics. Springer; 2005 pp80-81

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About Dr Mike Cadogan

Emergency physician with a passion for medical informatics and medical education/textbooks. Asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. | @sandnsurf | + Mike Cadogan | LinkedIn

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