Joe Vincent Meigs Explained

Joe Vincent Meigs (October 24, 1892, Lowell, Massachusetts – October 24, 1963), was an American obstetrician and gynecologist.

Meigs was a grandson of Captain Joe Vincent Meigs, who invented an experimental steam monorail known as the Meigs single-track elevated railroad.^[1]

Meigs syndrome is named after him.^[2]

He graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Medical School.^[3]

See also

• Mary Ann Vincent

Notes and References

1. News: Death Claims Joe V. Meigs. Famous as Inventor of Single Track 'L' . The Boston Globe . November 15, 1907 . 8 . . July 17, 2020.
2. Lurie S . Meigs' syndrome: the history of the eponym . . 92 . 2 . 199–204 . 2000 . 10996681 . 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00289-4.
3. https://journals.lww.com/obgynsurvey/citation/2006/12000/powell_s_pearls__joe_vincent_meigs,_md__1892_1963_.1.aspx