Sir William Fergusson, bart. : a biographical sketch / by Henry Smith.

  • Smith, Henry, 1823-1894.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Sir William Fergusson, bart. : a biographical sketch / by Henry Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    SiE WILLIAM FEEGUSSON, Bakt. William Fergusson was born at Preston-Pans in Scotland in 1808, his birthday being March 20th. He received the rudiments of his general education at Lochmaben, and subsequently was removed to the High School at Edinburgh, where he completed that education. At one time he was intended for the study of the law, but circumstances led him to the career of medicine and surgery, and he commenced his special studies in Edinburgh. He was at an early age fond of mechanics, and a circumstance connected with this peculiar knowledge, and which was narrated to the writer by the late Dr. Knox, materially influenced his future career. At this time Knox, who was, perhaps, the most cele- brated teacher of anatomy in Europe, and who numbered young Fergusson among his pupils, was struck by the ability displayed in the construction of