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epidemic then raging its way through the army. Morgan's management style rankled the surgeons, including McKnight, as Morgan was wrestling with
Shippen, McKnight's mentor, over control of the hospitals in New Jersey. Isaac Foster took over temporary supervision of the hospitals on the east side of
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and other subordinate commanders. McKnight was one of the most respected surgeons of his day and was remembered by one colleague as "particularly distinguished as a practical surgeon … at the time of his death (he) was without a rival in that branch of his profession."
372:, twenty miles north of Peekskill. Washington, however, sent convalescents to Peekskill because Morgan told him the hospital was there. Morgan was dismissed as Director General soon thereafter, in January 1777, due to rancor with Washington over supplies and a rampant
824:(1744-1815). See Mem. of the Med. Soc. of London, Vol. IV, 1795, p. 342: 'Case of extra-uterine abdominal foetus successfully extracted by an operation–By the late Dr. Charles McKnight of N. Y. communicated by James Mease of Philadelphia to Dr. Lettsom."
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Philadelphia who sent the report to
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in 1750. His only sibling was his younger brother, Richard. His father, also named
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was burned in 1777 and Reverend McKnight was arrested. While in custody aboard the British
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Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession
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The development of gynæcological surgery and instruments
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Handerson, Henry Ebenezer; Baas, Johann Hermann (1889).
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to his head in the slashing melee that mortally wounded
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Pencil drawing of Charles McKnight, made after his death
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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
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390:Surgeon General of the United States Army
1337:Saffell, William Thomas Roberts (1995).
1030:United States Government Printing Office
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352:McKnight remained at North Castle until
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440:, but the piece was cited later by the
1157:; Harrison, Mrs. Burton (2005-11-01).
216:, Reverend McKnight received a severe
1481:Physicians in the American Revolution
1021:The Army Medical Department 1775–1818
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1392:History of New York State, 1523–1927
273:, along with Brackenridge, Madison,
269:. He was one of the founders of the
1258:: John E. Potter & Co.: 34–36.
903:(1931). John C. Fitzpatrick (ed.).
505:Morristown National Historical Park
453:University of the State of New York
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1466:18th-century American physicians
1339:Records of the Revolutionary War
978:: Federal Book Company of Boston
968:Brown, John Howard, ed. (1902).
843:Leffler CT, et al. (2017).
394:New York and New Jersey campaign
333:with Washington's army when the
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1476:Continental Army staff officers
1376:: Douglas Taylor. p. 260.
849:Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases
16:American surgeon and professor
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1271:Ricci, James Vincent (1990).
1196:McCaughey, Robert A. (2003).
515:American Revolution Institute
510:The Society of the Cincinnati
204:). Reverend McKnight opposed
189:sometime around 1740 and was
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532:Washington, Vol. 17, p. 222.
1486:Columbia University faculty
1302:Supplying Washington's Army
455:. In 1785, McKnight became
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1123:Doubleday, Page, & Co.
154:American Revolutionary War
62:16 November 1791 (aged 41)
1252:Potter's American Monthly
1206:Columbia University Press
1114:The Life of James Madison
1018:Gillett, Mary C. (1981).
442:Medical Society of London
410:Society of the Cincinnati
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945:. Kessinger Publishing.
861:10.1177/1179172117721902
424:McKnight's grave marker.
327:Cambridge, Massachusetts
317:Continental Army surgeon
110:Chief Hospital Physician
79:United States of America
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1368:Schuyler, John (1886).
811:Sullivan, chapter XIII.
301:privately with eminent
1223:Maclean, John (1877).
1163:(paperback ed.).
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335:Battle of White Plains
331:North Castle, New York
183:Province of New Jersey
53:Province of New Jersey
1277:. Norman Publishing.
1003:Princeton, New Jersey
993:American Whig Society
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416:Later years and death
275:Samuel Stanhope Smith
271:American Whig Society
177:McKnight was born in
152:during and after the
97:Years of service
1299:Risch, Edna (1981).
1005:: Stelle & Smith
822:John Coakley Lettsom
277:, Bedford, Freneau,
202:Princeton University
1305:. Special Studies.
362:Peekskill, New York
293:. McKnight studied
259:Gunning Bedford Jr.
226:Battle of Princeton
222:General Hugh Mercer
118:Middle Department,
901:Washington, George
763:Washington, p.222.
564:Alexander, p. 143.
550:Handerson, p. 817.
488:Trinity Churchyard
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370:Fishkill, New York
263:Henry Brackenridge
206:British governance
1471:American surgeons
1345:: Oldbuck Press.
1284:978-0-930405-28-1
1254:(VIII & IX).
1111:(November 1902).
1026:Washington, D. C.
952:978-1-4304-7625-2
935:Secondary sources
911:Washington, D. C.
833:McCaughey, p. 62.
731:Gillett, Table 1.
617:Schuyler, p. 260.
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179:Cranbury Township
166:George Washington
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