Grant, Francis C. (Francis Clark), 1891-1967

Francis Clark Grant, Philadelphia neurosurgeon, was born on 9 Nov. 1891. He married Anne Lewis in 1917; they had five children. Grant died of coronary thrombosis on 20 Nov. 1967.

Grant received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1919. He became a resident under neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and succeeded Frazier as professor and chairman of neurosurgery. Grant taught in both the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medicine at the University. During World War II, he trained military surgeons in treatment of injuries to the nervous system. Grant developed an improved ventriculoscope, a laminectomy retractor, a more precise method for spinal fluid pressure determination, and a one-stage cerebellar abscess excision procedure. He became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1926.

From the description of Papers, 1920-1957. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364969