William Harry Barnes
Byline: LEAVIE SCOTT
Dateline: February 19, 2026
In the bustling corridors of early‑20th‑century American hospitals—long before advanced imaging systems, computerized surgical instruments, or modern endoscopic tools—stood a physician whose ingenuity quietly shifted the boundaries of what medical professionals could do. Dr. William Harry Barnes (1887–1945), an accomplished ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) specialist at Frederick Douglass Hospital in Philadelphia, was one of those rare individuals whose curiosity and craftsmanship converged in perfect alignment. His invention, the hypophysoscope, gave doctors a safer and more accessible way to reach one of the most vital, yet deeply hidden structures of the human body: the pituitary gland.
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