Cabot, Hugh (1872-1945)

US surgeon and educator. He taught at Harvard 1910-19, with some time out to serve as a surgeon with the US forces in France. He introduced innovations in medical education. He was an advocate of prepaid group practice and government underwriting of medical care to ensure equitable distribution.

He was born at Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, the brother of Richard C Cabot. He studied at Harvard. He also taught the University of Michigan Medical School 1920-30, and then at the Mayo Clinic, and University of Minnesota Graduate School of Medicine 1930-39.