10 Facts About Joseph Pancoast

Joseph Pancoast's name is eponymic to the practice of surgery, in general, and cosmetic surgery, in particular.

Famous for his lectures and clinics in anatomy and surgery, Joseph Pancoast received attention for his ability to perform surgery with either hand as he was ambidextrous.

Furthermore, Joseph Pancoast was the first to demonstrate a substitute eyebrow coined a "long pedicle", and frequently replaced eyelids and ears.

Joseph Pancoast was among the first to section facial nerve to relieve neuralgia.

Joseph Pancoast performed major surgery such as amputations at the hip-joint, as well as lithotomy.

Joseph Pancoast was born of Quaker parentage at Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, the son of John Joseph Pancoast and Ann Abbott, his wife.

In 1828, Joseph Pancoast was awarded a degree in medicine by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From 1841 until his resignation in 1874, Joseph Pancoast was Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the same institution.

Joseph Pancoast was succeeded by his son, William Henry Pancoast, who was a renowned surgeon.

Joseph Pancoast was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1851.