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Mary DeWitt Pettit (January 1, 1908 – May 5, 1996) was an American physician, medical school professor, and medical researcher. She served as a physician in the United States Navy during World War II. She was a obstetrician and gynecologist on the faculty of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

Pettit was born in Philadelphia,[1] the daughter of John Reed Pettit[2] and Elsie Norton Pettit.[3] She was descended from Connecticut governor John Treadwell, and abolitionist John Treadwell Norton.[4] Her great-grandfather, John Pitkin Norton, was a chemistry professor at Yale University.[5] She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1928.[6] She earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1932.[7][8]

Career

Pettit was an obstetrician and gynecologist on the faculty of Albany Medical College from 1938 to 1946, and at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1946.[7][9] She served as a physician in the United States Navy during World War II,[10] in charge of the women's branch of the hospital at the Marine depot at Parris Island.[2][8] From 1961 to 1962, she was president of the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia.[11]

Publications

Pettit's research was published in academic journals, including American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,[12][13][14] Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey,[15] and Endocrinology.[16]

  • "A clinical study of acid alurate as a rectal analgesic during labor" (1938, with William A. Graham)[12]
  • "Hydatidiform mole following tubal pregnancy" (1941)[13]
  • "A review of ovarian pathology in 336 laparotomies" (1948)[17]
  • "Obstetrical Conditions Found in Older Women" (1949)
  • "Placenta accreta complicated by hemoperitoneum" (1949, with Nathan Mitchell)[14]
  • "Pelvic Infection: Present Status of Treatment" (1950)[15]
  • "Geriatric Gynecology" (1954, with Catherine B. Hess and Jane Marshall Leibfried)[18]
  • "Management of the Menopause" (1955)[19]
  • "The Influence of Ovarian Hormones on Goitrogenesis" (1961, with Bernard A. Eskin and Mary B. Dratman)[16]
  • "Hemolytic disease of the newborn due to the Good factor" (1961, with Bernard A. Eskin and Elizabeth U. Laufer)[20]
  • Gynaecologic Diagnosis and Treatment (1962)
  • "Environment in Relation to Gynecologic Disease" (1965)[21]

Personal life and legacy

Pettit died in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996, at the age of 88.[22] Pettit donated the Markoe Family Papers to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1966,[23] and her great-grandfather's papers to Yale University in 1969.[5] Drexel University awards an annual Mary Dewitt Pettit Fellowship, to support the research or special projects of junior faculty members in the College of Medicine.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ "College Will Honor Dr. Pettit". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1972-05-14. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "The Social Way". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1944-06-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pettit". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1955-02-14. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "John Treadwell Norton House". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  5. ^ a b Kuslan, Louis I. (1969). "The Founding of the Yale School of Applied Chemistry". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. XXIV (4): 430–451. doi:10.1093/jhmas/xxiv.4.430. ISSN 0022-5045. PMID 4908356.
  6. ^ Bryn Mawr College, The Book of 1928 (1928 yearbook): 114.
  7. ^ a b Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1013. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
  8. ^ a b "Dr. Mary De Witt Pettit Will Speak at Wilson; To Discuss 'Opportunities for Women in Medicine'". Public Opinion. 1947-11-19. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "3 Doctors Resign Posts at College". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1946-06-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Medicine at War: A Digital History Project". Natalie Shibley, Ph.D. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  11. ^ "History". Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  12. ^ a b Graham, William A.; DeWitt Pettit, Mary (June 1938). "A clinical study of acid alurate as a rectal analgesic during labor". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 35 (6): 1023–1027. doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(38)90390-4. ISSN 0002-9378.
  13. ^ a b Pettit, Mary DeWitt. "Hydatidiform mole following tubal pregnancy." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 42, no. 6 (1941): 1057-1060.
  14. ^ a b Pettit, Mary DeWitt; Mitchell, Nathan (December 1949). "Placenta accreta complicated by hemoperitoneum". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 58 (6): 1201–1204. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(49)90801-7. ISSN 0002-9378. PMID 15408080.
  15. ^ a b Pettit, Mary DeWitt (August 1950). "Pelvic Infection: Present Status of Treatment". Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 5 (4): 614–615. doi:10.1097/00006254-195008000-00077. ISSN 0029-7828.
  16. ^ a b Eskin, Bernard A.; Dratman, Mary B.; Pettit, Mary DeWitt (August 1961). "The Influence of Ovarian Hormones on Goitrogenesis". Endocrinology. 69 (2): 195–198. doi:10.1210/endo-69-2-195. ISSN 0013-7227.
  17. ^ DeWitt Pettit, Mary (November 1948). "A review of ovarian pathology in 336 laparotomies". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 56 (5): 907–912. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(48)90450-5. ISSN 0002-9378. PMID 18888223.
  18. ^ Pettit, Mary Dewitt; Hess, Catherine B.; Leibfried, Jane Marshall (1954-12-01). "Geriatric Gynecology". Surgical Clinics of North America. Symposium on Obstetrics and Gynecology. 34 (6): 1627–1637. doi:10.1016/S0039-6109(16)34437-1. ISSN 0039-6109. PMID 13216564.
  19. ^ Pettit, Mary DeWitt (1955-11-01). "Management of the Menopause". Medical Clinics of North America. 39 (6): 1725–1731. doi:10.1016/S0025-7125(16)34641-7. ISSN 0025-7125.
  20. ^ Eskin, Bernard A.; Laufer, Elizabeth U.; DeWitt Pettit, Mary (May 1961). "Hemolytic disease of the newborn due to the Good factor". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 81 (5): 997–999. doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(15)33449-9. ISSN 0002-9378. PMID 13697362.
  21. ^ Pettit, Mary Dewitt (July 1965). "Environment in Relation to Gynecologic Disease". Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 11 (1): 116–126. doi:10.1080/00039896.1965.10664183. ISSN 0003-9896. PMID 14312381.
  22. ^ "Mary DeWitt Pettit, MD". Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 11 (1): 115. July 1965. doi:10.1080/00039896.1965.10664182. ISSN 0003-9896.
  23. ^ "Markoe Family Papers". Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  24. ^ Drexel University College of Medicine, Mary DeWitt Pettit Fellowship guidelines.
  25. ^ "A Better Start for Babies Is a Grant Winner – Twice!". ChesPenn Health Services. May 26, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-10.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_DeWitt_Pettit