Margaret Stanley-Brown

Margaret Stanley-Brown
A young white woman photographed in 3/4 profile
Margaret Stanley-Brown, from the 1919 yearbook of Vassar College
BornOctober 2, 1895
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedJune 12, 1958 (age 64)
New Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)Surgeon, medical school professor
RelativesJames A. Garfield (grandfather)
Herbert Feis (brother-in-law)

Margaret Stanley-Brown Sellers (October 2, 1895 – June 12, 1958) was an American surgeon and medical school professor, based in New York City. She was the granddaughter of President James A. Garfield.

Early life and education

Stanley-Brown was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest child of Joseph Stanley-Brown and Mary (Mollie) Garfield Stanley-Brown.[1] Her mother was the only daughter of President James A. Garfield.[2] Her father was President Garfield's private secretary; he also worked with John Wesley Powell.[3] Her brother Rudolph Stanley-Brown was a noted architect and writer.[4] Her sister Ruth, also a writer, married historian Herbert Feis.[5]

Stanley-Brown attended the Hartridge School in New Jersey, and graduated from Vassar College in 1919.[6] She graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923.

Career

Stanley-Brown served her residency and internship at Bellevue Hospital. She was on the surgical staff of Fifth Avenue Hospital and assistant director of surgery at City Hospital. She taught at the Columbia University medical school. She moved to Connecticut in 1953, and was a surgeon on staff at New Milford Hospital.[7]

She was a member of the New York Surgical Society and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.[7]

Publications

Stanley-Brown was co-author on several research papers, published in scholarly journals including Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine,[8] Experimental Biology and Medicine,[9] The American Journal of Surgery,[10] Thrombosis and Haemostasis,[11] Annals of Surgery,[12][13] American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,[14] and Journal of Biological Chemistry.[15]

  • "Evaluation of blood clotting factors in surgical diseases" (1929, with Frederic W. Bancroft and I. Newton Kugelmass)[12]
  • "The determination and regulation of blood clotting function in childhood" (1930, with Frederic W. Bancroft and I. Newton Kugelmass)[8]
  • "Relationship between complement and prothrombin" (1934, with Frederic W. Bancroft and Armand J. Quick)[9]
  • "Postoperative thrombosis and embolism" (1935, with Frederic W. Bancroft and Armand J. Quick)[10]
  • "A study of the coagulation defect in hemophilia and in jaundice" (1935, with Frederic W. Bancroft and Armand J. Quick)[11]
  • "Studies on the chemistry of blood coagulation" (1936, with Erwin Chargaff and Frederic W. Bancroft)[15]
  • "Modified Kondoleon operation for sclerosed leg with ulceration" (1940, with Frederic W. Banroft and R. F. Taylor)[13]
  • "Supracervical pregnancy following supravaginal hysterectomy" (1944, with Frances E. Shields)[14]

Personal life

Stanley-Brown married widowed writer Max K. Sellers in 1950.[16] She died in 1958, at the age of 64, at a hospital in New Milford, Connecticut.[7][17]

References

  1. ^ "Mrs. Mary Stanley Brown". The Cleveland Press. 1947-12-31. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown papers, 1881-1967". Western Reserve Historical Society. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  3. ^ "J. Stanley-Brown Was Garfield Aide". Brooklyn Eagle. 1941-11-04. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rudolph Stanley-Brown". Artists Association of Nantucket. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  5. ^ "Miss Margaret Stanley-Brown". The Plain Dealer. 1922-04-02. p. 41. Retrieved 2025-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Vassar College (1919). The Vassarion. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : Vassar College. p. 101.
  7. ^ a b c "Dr. Margaret Stanley.Brown, 64, Dies; Surgeon Was.Garfield Granddaughter , ?". The New York Times. 1958-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  8. ^ a b Kugelmass, I. N.; Bancroft, F. W.; Stanley-Brown, M. (1930-03-01). "The determination and regulation of blood clotting function in childhood". Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 39 (3): 471–486. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1930.01930150003001. ISSN 1072-4710.
  9. ^ a b Bancroft, F. W.; Quick, A. J.; Stanley-Brown, M. (1934-04-01). "Relationship Between Complement and Prothrombin". Experimental Biology and Medicine. 31 (7): 791–793. doi:10.3181/00379727-31-7321P. ISSN 1535-3702.
  10. ^ a b Bancroft, Frederic W.; Stanley-Brown, Margaret; Quick, Armand J. (1935-06-01). "Postoperative thrombosis and embolism". The American Journal of Surgery. 28 (3): 648–668. doi:10.1016/S0002-9610(35)90403-2. ISSN 0002-9610.
  11. ^ a b Quick, Armand J; Stanley-Brown, Margaret; Bancroft, Frederic W (1980). "A Study of the Coagulation Defect in Hemophilia and in Jaundice". Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 44 (1): 002–005. doi:10.1055/s-0038-1650068. ISSN 0340-6245.
  12. ^ a b Bancroft, Frederic W.; Kugelmass, I. Newton; Stanley-Brown, Margaret (August 1929). "Evaluation of blood clotting factors in surgical diseases". Annals of Surgery. 90 (2): 161–189. doi:10.1097/00000658-192908000-00001. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1398880. PMID 17866136.
  13. ^ a b Bancroft, Frederic W.; Stanley-Brown, Margaret; Taylor, R. F. (May 1940). "Modified Kondoleon operation for sclerosed leg with ulceration". Annals of Surgery. 111 (5): 874–891. doi:10.1097/00000658-194005000-00017. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1387950. PMID 17857591.
  14. ^ a b Stanley-Brown, Margaret; Shields, Frances E. (1944-11-01). "Supracervical pregnancy following supravaginal hysterectomy". American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 48 (5): 714–716. doi:10.1016/S0002-9378(44)90404-7. ISSN 0002-9378.
  15. ^ a b Chargaff, Erwin; Bancroft, Frederic W.; Stanley-Brown, Margaret (November 1936). "Studies on the Chemistry of Blood Coagulation". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 116 (1): 237–251. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)74679-6.
  16. ^ "Dr. Stanley-Brown Bride at her Home; Granddaughter of President Garfield Wed to Max Sellers, Author of Short Stories". The New York Times. 1950-05-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  17. ^ "Woman Surgeon Dies". The Kansas City Times. 1958-06-13. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-07-09 – via Newspapers.com.
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