Lusk, William Thompson, 1838-1897

Carte de visite portrait of William Thompson Lusk, MD (1838-1897). Dr. Lusk received his MD from University Medical College in 1864. He taught at Bellevue Hospital and Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics from 1871 to 1897. Lusk’s famous obstetrics textbook, The Science and Art of Midwifery, was published in 1882.