Moses John DeRosset (1838-1881), generally known as John, studied in Switzerland and earned a medical degree from New York University. During the Civil War he was an assistant surgeon of artillery under Stonewall Jackson’s command and later directed Hospital No. 4 in Richmond. After the war, he practiced in Baltimore for a few years before returning to Wilmington as the city’s first eye specialist; he was one of the founders of the North Carolina Medical Journal. In 1878, he joined the staff of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in New York. Among other inventions, he was credited with developing improved scissors for eye surgery and an improved anesthetic inhaler.
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