Bio of CORBETT, Dr. James F. (b.1872), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JAMES FRANK CORBETT, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Vol II, pg 607-608
Dr. James F. Corbett, a member of a family which was established in Minneapolis
over a half century ago, is a surgeon of note and he has also become widely
known through his contributions to medical literature. His birth occurred at
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on the 16th of February, 1872, and his parents were
William C. and Sarah E. (Smith) Corbett. They were pioneers of this city,
arriving here In 1869, and the father became a prominent figure in commercial
circles, devoting his attention to the conduct of a wholesale fruit business.
The mother was an artist of ability. Her demise occurred in 1921, but Mr.
Corbett passed away in 1912.
After completing his high school training James F. Corbett entered the
University of Minnesota, spending three years as a student in its academic
department, and in 1896 he received his M. D. degree. The next year was spent as
an interne at the Minneapolis City Hospital and in 1898 he was made city
bacteriologist, discharging the duties of that position while conducting the
general practice of medicine. During this time he also published a book
regarding the water supply of Minneapolis, which was productive of much good,
resulting in the filtration of the city water. In 1907 Dr. Corbett was appointed
assistant professor of surgical pathology at the University of Minnesota and in
1912 he was made associate professor of experimental surgery. In 1911 he joined
the Medical Reserve Corps and was commissioned a first lieutenant, being made a
major in July, 1917. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in July,
1919, acting as president of the examining board for medical officers, and he
next became chief of neurological surgery at General Hospital, No. 11, at Cape
May, New Jersey, while later he was chief of head surgery at Walter Reed
Hospital at Wash­ington, D. C. Dr. Corbett was made associate professor of
surgery at the University of Minnesota in 1920 and is a member of the surgical
staffs of the General, Northwestern and St. Marys hospitals. He is also
consulting surgeon for the Norwegian, Lutheran and Deaconess hospitals and
operating surgeon at United States Public Hospital, No. 68. He is likewise
accorded a large private practice. He is a student of the highest order and his
investigations have been very thorough, bringing him a comprehensive knowl­edge
of the most advanced methods, discoveries and theories in the field of medicine
and surgery.
Dr. Corbett has made valuable contributions to the leading medical journals of
the country and is the author of the following treatises: After Pain and Shock,
Discussion, Transactions Western Surgical Association, 1914, pp. 319-20;
Intestinal Stasis, Discus-sion, Transactions Western Surgical Association, 1914,
pp. 157-59; A Substitute for the Syringe in the David & Curtiss Equipment, St.
Paul Medical Journal, Vol. 16, 1914, p. 594; The Suprarenal Gland in Shock,
Journal American Medical Association, July 31, 1915, pp. 380-83; Neural Surgery,
Discussion, St. Paul Medical Journal, Vol. 17, 1915, pp. 598-600; The Suprarenal
Gland, St. Paul Medical Journal, Vol. 17, 1915, pp. 655-661; The Pathology of
Osteomyelitis (in collaboration with Dr. J. E. Moore), Physicians & Surgeons,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, November, 1915; A Form of Experimental Nephritis, read
before American Society of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and published in the
Journal-Lancet; Transplantation of the Thyroid, Transactions Minnesota
Pathological Society, 1915; Function of the Periosteum, Surgery, Gynecology and
Obstetrics, July, 1914, pp. 5-10; Changes in Bone Marrow and Blood Splenectomy,
Transactions Minne­sota Pathological Society, 1912-14, pp. 139-45; Transfusion
and Epinephrin in the Treat­ment of Shock, Western Surgical Association,
Transactions, 1915; Blood Vessel Surgery, St. Paul Medical Journal, January,
1914, pp. 1-8; The Changes in the Adrenal in Shock, Transactions of Western
Surgical Association, 1914, pp. 291-99; An Experimental Study of Several Methods
of Suturing the Kidney (with Dr. J. E. Moore), Annals of Surgery, Vol. XXXVII,
1913, pp. 861-68; The Thyroid, St. Paul Medical Journal, October, 1913, pp. 1-8;
Blood Vessel Anastomosis, Journal-Lancet, October 1, 1912, 8 pages; Damage Done
to the Kidney by Operation (with Dr. J. E. Moore), Annals of Surgery, March,
1911, pp. 373-77 (19 illustrations); Structural and Functional Changes in the
Kidney Resulting from Tying the Ureter, American Journal of Medical Sciences,
Vol. 144, pp. 568-78 (6 illustrations); Acute Degeneration of the Liver
Following Chloroform Nar­cosis, Northwestern Lancet, 1908, Vol. 22, p. 398; A
Form of Experimental Nephritis, Urological and Cutaneous Review, Vol. Ill, pp.
359-69; Early Diagnosis of Carcinoma, Northwestern Lancet, December 15, 1906;
Retroperitoneal Sarcoma, Northwestern Lancet, 1906, Vol. 26, p. 342 (3
illustrations); Medical Vision, Journal-Lancet, February 15, 1921; Peripheral
Nerve Injuries, Minnesota Medicine, September, 1920; Technic of Nerve Suture,
Journal-Lancet, July 1, 1920; Painful Scars, Minnesota Medicine, December, 1921;
Traumatic Injuries of the Spinal Cord and Roots, Minnesota Medicine, July, 1921;
the Water Supply of Minneapolis, Journal Association of Engineers Society' Vol.
33, No. 6, December, 1904; Typhoid and Water Supply. Annual Reports of
Minneapolis, 1904, pp. 517-19; Tuberculosis with Especial Consideration of the
Destruction of Tubercle Baccilli, St. Paul Medical Journal, Vol. 6, October,
1904, pp. 735-44; New Forms of B. Diphtheriae, Minneapolis Annual Reports, 1904,
pp. 512-22 (3 plates); Improved Water Supply of Minneapolis, Printed by the City
of Minneapolis, pp. 75-184 (43 illustrations and plates).
On the 14th of December, 1898, Dr. Corbett was united in marriage to Miss Nellie
Yates, who was prominent in social and club circles of the city, and her death
occurred March 9, 1922. Dr. Corbett is a member of the Elks Club and his
professional associa­tions are with the Hennepin County Medical Society, of
which he was president in 1920; the Minnesota State Medical Society, of which he
is now serving as president; the Minnesota Academy of Medicine; the Minnesota
Neurological Society; the Western Surgical Association and the American Society
of Pharmacologists. He is also a fellow of the American Medical Association and
in 1914 was made a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a man of
notable professional attainments, of high purposes and ideals, and his life work
has been of great worth to the world.