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Logan Clendening
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'''Logan Clendening''' (25 May, 1884 – 31 January, 1945) was an American [[physician]] and medical writer.
==Career==
Clendening was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He was the son of Edwin McKaig Clendening and Lide Logan.<ref name="Wilson">Wilson, Philip K. [https://ift.tt/2F5Ar9n "Logan Clendening"]. American National Biography.</ref> In 1907, he received a [[Doctor of Medicine]] from the [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="Major">Major, Ralph H. (1945). [https://ift.tt/2HSnfaT ''Logan Clendening 1884-1945'']. ''[[Bulletin of the Medical Library Association]]'' 33 (2): 257-259.</ref> He was Professor of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Medical History at the University of Kansas.<ref name="Major"/>
In 1914, he married Dorothy Scott Hixon. In 1917 he served two years as a major in the major in the [[Medical Corps (United States Army)|U.S. Army Medical]].<ref name="Major"/> Clendening was the author of the successful book ''The Human Body'', in 1945 it was noted that one and a half million copies had been sold.<ref name="Major"/> He became well known for his medical journalism and columns that appeared in many daily [[newspaper]]s. He took interest in collecting old [[List of medical textbooks|medical textbook]]s, researching the [[Shakespeare authorship question]] and studying the writings of [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]].<ref name="Major"/>
The [[University of Kansas|University of Kansas Medical Center]] has described Clendening as the "the greatest popularizer of Medicine in America in the first half of the twentieth century"<ref>[https://ift.tt/2FbuwzK "Logan Clendening's Unattainable War"]. University of Kansas Medical Center.</ref>
==Death==
In his later years, Clendening suffered from [[depression]] and failing health. On 31 January, 1945 he [[Suicide|committed suicide]] by cutting his throat and wrists with a knife.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HQtVpT "Logan Clendening"]. The Pendergast Years.</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2F8etCs "Logan Clendening Canonizing an Irregular Saint"]. Baker Street Journal, 1992.</ref>
==Publications==
*[https://ift.tt/2HQxf4o ''The Human Body''] (1927)
*[https://ift.tt/2F8cZbv ''Modern Methods Of Treatment''] (1928)
*[https://ift.tt/2HRH426 ''Behind the Doctor''] (1933)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HiRYN5 "Behind the Doctor"]. Kirkus Reviews.</ref>
*[https://ift.tt/2HUJQnm ''The Care and Feeding of Adults''] (1933)
*''Handbook To Pickwick Papers'' (1936)
*[https://ift.tt/2F8euGw ''The Balanced Diet''] (1936)
*''Workbook in Elementary Diagnosis for Teaching Clinical History Recording and Physical Diagnosis'' (1938)
*[https://ift.tt/2HScV2w ''Source Book of Medical History''] (1942, 1960)<ref>Leikind, Morris C. (1942). ''Reviewed Work: Source Book of Medical History''. ''[[The American Historical Review]]'' 48 (1): 61-62.</ref><ref>Galdston, Iago. (1942). [https://ift.tt/2HksJtR ''Source Book of Medical History'']. ''[[American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health]]'' 32(9): 1054.</ref>
*[https://ift.tt/2HQUkns ''The Logan Clendening Collection of Books About the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy''] (1943)
*[https://ift.tt/2F8eIxm ''Methods Of Diagnosis''] (1947) [with Edward H. Hashinger]
==References==
[[Category:1884 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:American medical writers]]
[[Category:American physicians]]
[[Category:American skeptics]]
[[Category:Critics of alternative medicine]]
[[Category:People from Kansas City, Missouri]]
[[Category:Suicides by sharp instrument in the United States]]
[[Category:University of Kansas alumni]]
==Career==
Clendening was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He was the son of Edwin McKaig Clendening and Lide Logan.<ref name="Wilson">Wilson, Philip K. [https://ift.tt/2F5Ar9n "Logan Clendening"]. American National Biography.</ref> In 1907, he received a [[Doctor of Medicine]] from the [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="Major">Major, Ralph H. (1945). [https://ift.tt/2HSnfaT ''Logan Clendening 1884-1945'']. ''[[Bulletin of the Medical Library Association]]'' 33 (2): 257-259.</ref> He was Professor of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Medical History at the University of Kansas.<ref name="Major"/>
In 1914, he married Dorothy Scott Hixon. In 1917 he served two years as a major in the major in the [[Medical Corps (United States Army)|U.S. Army Medical]].<ref name="Major"/> Clendening was the author of the successful book ''The Human Body'', in 1945 it was noted that one and a half million copies had been sold.<ref name="Major"/> He became well known for his medical journalism and columns that appeared in many daily [[newspaper]]s. He took interest in collecting old [[List of medical textbooks|medical textbook]]s, researching the [[Shakespeare authorship question]] and studying the writings of [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]].<ref name="Major"/>
The [[University of Kansas|University of Kansas Medical Center]] has described Clendening as the "the greatest popularizer of Medicine in America in the first half of the twentieth century"<ref>[https://ift.tt/2FbuwzK "Logan Clendening's Unattainable War"]. University of Kansas Medical Center.</ref>
==Death==
In his later years, Clendening suffered from [[depression]] and failing health. On 31 January, 1945 he [[Suicide|committed suicide]] by cutting his throat and wrists with a knife.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HQtVpT "Logan Clendening"]. The Pendergast Years.</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2F8etCs "Logan Clendening Canonizing an Irregular Saint"]. Baker Street Journal, 1992.</ref>
==Publications==
*[https://ift.tt/2HQxf4o ''The Human Body''] (1927)
*[https://ift.tt/2F8cZbv ''Modern Methods Of Treatment''] (1928)
*[https://ift.tt/2HRH426 ''Behind the Doctor''] (1933)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HiRYN5 "Behind the Doctor"]. Kirkus Reviews.</ref>
*[https://ift.tt/2HUJQnm ''The Care and Feeding of Adults''] (1933)
*''Handbook To Pickwick Papers'' (1936)
*[https://ift.tt/2F8euGw ''The Balanced Diet''] (1936)
*''Workbook in Elementary Diagnosis for Teaching Clinical History Recording and Physical Diagnosis'' (1938)
*[https://ift.tt/2HScV2w ''Source Book of Medical History''] (1942, 1960)<ref>Leikind, Morris C. (1942). ''Reviewed Work: Source Book of Medical History''. ''[[The American Historical Review]]'' 48 (1): 61-62.</ref><ref>Galdston, Iago. (1942). [https://ift.tt/2HksJtR ''Source Book of Medical History'']. ''[[American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health]]'' 32(9): 1054.</ref>
*[https://ift.tt/2HQUkns ''The Logan Clendening Collection of Books About the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy''] (1943)
*[https://ift.tt/2F8eIxm ''Methods Of Diagnosis''] (1947) [with Edward H. Hashinger]
==References==
[[Category:1884 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:American medical writers]]
[[Category:American physicians]]
[[Category:American skeptics]]
[[Category:Critics of alternative medicine]]
[[Category:People from Kansas City, Missouri]]
[[Category:Suicides by sharp instrument in the United States]]
[[Category:University of Kansas alumni]]
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