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Austin Flint (1812-86) was an American physician, born at Petersham, Mass. He was educated at Amherst and Harvard and graduated at the latter in 1833. After practicing at Boston and Northampton, he moved to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1836. He was appointed professor of the institutes and practices of medicine in Rush Medical College, Chicago; resigned after one year, in 1846, and established the Buffalo Medical Journal. With White and Hamilton he founded the Buffalo Medical College in 1847, where he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine for six years. He was afterward professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the University of Louisville, Ky., from 1852 to 1856. He was then called to the chair of pathology and clinical medicine at Buffalo. From 1858 to 1861 he was professor of clinical medicine in the School of Medicine at New Orleans. In 1859 he removed to New York and in 1861 was appointed visiting physician to Bellevue Hospital; from 1861 to his death, in 1886, he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine in Bellevue Hospital Medical College (consolidated with the medical department of New York University in 1898), and from 1861 to 1868 he was professor of pathology and practical medicine in Long Island College Hospital. He was president of the New York Academy of Medicine from 1872 to 1885 and president of the American Medical Association in 1884. His published works include:

On Continued Fever (1852)
Chronic Pleurisy (1853)
On Dysentery (1853)
Physical Exploration in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Respiratory Organs (1856; revised second edition, 1868)
Diseases of the Heart (1859; second edition, 1870)
Principles and Practice of Medicine (1866; revised fifth edition, 1884)
Medical Essays on Conservative Medicine and Kindred Topics (1874)
Clinical Medicine (1879)
On phthisis (1883)
Manual of Auscultation and Percussion (revised third edition, 1883)

Terms

Flint's murmur — a loud presystolic murmur at the apex in aortic regurgitation

Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1938)

Publications

Carpenter, Life of Austin Flint (New York, 1886)

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-'''Austin Flint''' (1812&#45;86) was an [[United States|American]] physician, born at [[Petersham, Massachusetts|Petersham]], [[Massachusetts|Mass.]]  He was educated at [[Amherst College|Amherst]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and graduated at the latter in 1833.  After practicing at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] and [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], he moved to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, N. Y.]], in 1836.  He was appointed [[professor]] of the institutes and practices of medicine in [[Rush Medical College]], [[Chicago|Chicago]]; resigned after one year, in 1846, and established the ''[[Buffalo Medical Journal]]''.  With White and [[Frank Hastings Hamilton|Hamilton]] he founded the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|Buffalo Medical College]] in 1847, where he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine for six years.  He was afterward professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the [[University of Louisville|University of Louisville, Ky.]], from 1852 to 1856.  He was then called to the [[chair (academic)|chair]] of [[pathology]] and [[Clinical Medicine|clinical medicine]] at Buffalo.  From 1858 to 1861 he was professor of clinical medicine in the School of Medicine at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]].  In 1859 he removed to [[New York City|New York]] and in 1861 was appointed visiting physician to [[Bellevue Hospital Center|Bellevue Hospital]];  from 1861 to his death, in 1886, he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine in [[New York University|Bellevue Hospital Medical College]] (consolidated with the medical department of New York University in 1898), and from 1861 to 1868 he was professor of pathology and practical medicine in [[Long Island College Hospital]].  He was president of the [[New York Academy of Medicine]] from 1872 to 1885 and president of the [[American Medical Association]] in 1884.  His published works include:
+'''Austin Flint''' (1812&#45;86) was an [[United States|American]] physician, born at [[Petersham, Massachusetts|Petersham]], [[Massachusetts|Mass.]]  He was educated at [[Amherst College|Amherst]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and graduated at the latter in 1833.  After practicing at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] and [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], he moved to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, N. Y.]], in 1836.  He was appointed [[professor]] of the institutes and practices of medicine in [[Rush Medical College]], [[Chicago|Chicago]]; resigned after one year, in 1846, and established the ''[[Buffalo Medical Journal]]''.  With White and [[Frank Hastings Hamilton|Hamilton]] he founded the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|Buffalo Medical College]] in 1847, where he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine for six years.  He was afterward professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the [[University of Louisville|University of Louisville, Ky.]], from 1852 to 1856.  He was then called to the [[chair (academic)|chair]] of [[pathology]] and [[Clinical Medicine|clinical medicine]] at Buffalo.  From 1858 to 1861 he was professor of clinical medicine in the School of Medicine at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]].  In 1859 he removed to [[New York City|New York]] and in 1861 was appointed visiting physician to [[Bellevue Hospital Center|Bellevue Hospital]];  from 1861 to his death, in 1886, he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine in [[New York University School of Medicine|Bellevue Hospital Medical College]] (consolidated with the medical department of New York University in 1898), and from 1861 to 1868 he was professor of pathology and practical medicine in [[Long Island College Hospital]].  He was president of the [[New York Academy of Medicine]] from 1872 to 1885 and president of the [[American Medical Association]] in 1884.  His published works include:
 * ''On Continued Fever'' (1852)
 * ''Chronic [[Pleurisy]]'' (1853)