The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ashhurst, John

ASHHURST, John, physician, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 23, 1839; son of John Ashhurst. He was graduated from the university of Pennsylvania in 1857, and during the civil war became assistant surgeon in the U.S. army. In 1877 he returned to the university to accept the chair of clinical surgery, afterward becoming Barton professor of surgery. He was the editor of the The International Encyclopedia of Surgery. He died at Philadelphia. Pa., July 8, 1900.