"C" is for Cain, Daniel James Cahusac [1817-1888]. Physician and medical editor. After graduating from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1838, Cain spent four years in Paris as an assistant to some of the most noted figures in French clinical medicine. Returning to Charleston, he quickly established himself as one of the state's leading physicians. In addition to a large private practice, he assumed significant positions at both public and private medical institutions—among them, attending physician to the city’s Marine and Roper Hospitals. In the 1850s he was co-editor of the Southern Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy [later the Charleston Medical Review and Journal]. A prolific medical journalist, he contributed numerous articles to various professional journals. Daniel James Cahusac Cain was elected president of the Medical Society of South Carolina in 1861.
"C" is for Cain, Daniel James Cahusac
