Joe Vincent Meigs (October 24, 1892, Lowell, Massachusetts – October 24, 1963), was an American obstetrician and gynecologist.[1]

Meigs was a grandson of Captain Joe Vincent Meigs, who invented an experimental steam monorail known as the Meigs single-track elevated railroad.[2]

Meigs syndrome is named after him.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ doctor/2082 at Who Named It?
  2. ↑ "Death Claims Joe V. Meigs. Famous as Inventor of Single Track 'L'". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ↑ Lurie S (2000). "Meigs' syndrome: the history of the eponym". Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. 92 (2): 199–204. doi:10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00289-4. PMID 10996681.


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