PANCOAST, William H.

A biographical entry for William H. Pancoast, an American physician and surgeon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is presented. Pancoast graduated in medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1856 and became Emeritus Professor of anatomy in this college. He traveled to Europe in pursuit of his medical profession and acquired a high reputation as a skillful operative surgeon. Pancoast was a member of various medical associations and contributed valuable papers and clinical lectures on surgery to different medical journals.