Mary DeWitt Pettit explained

Mary DeWitt Pettit
Birth Date:January 1, 1908
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:May 5, 1996 (aged 88)
Death Place:Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation:Physician, medical researcher, medical school professor
Relatives:John Pitkin Norton (great-grandfather)

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.[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. 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, Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, and Endocrinology.

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. 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]

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Notes and References

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

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