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Theodore M. Davis

Electrical engineer (1905 to 1909), then physician (MD, University of Maryland, 1914)

Dates: born 1889 (source: Didusch Museum: The transurethral prostatic resection technique of T. M. Davis )
Chapters: IX. The Gland That Stands Before

What the film says

Helped build a generator that cut with one current and sealed vessels with another, at the press of a foot pedal.

Watch 51:07 in the film IX. The Gland That Stands Before

On the timeline

1931: Theodore Davis shows films of transurethral resection with his two-current generator at the AUA meeting in Memphis. timeline
1937: After two heart attacks, Davis retires at 47. timeline

Sources

Sources

Didusch Museum: The transurethral prostatic resection technique of T. M. Davis Museum or society
BAUS Virtual Museum: TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) Museum or society