The origin, progress, and present position of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1505-1905 : fourth centenary of the College, July 1st, 1905 / [J. Smith].

  • John Smith
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    Name and Date of Admission to the Fellowship. Remarks. Professor Louis Stro- MEYER Introduced the practice of Subcutaneous Tenotomy for deformities. Formerly Sur- geon in the Hanoverian Army. Died 1876. John Lizars Aug. 15, 1814 ... A well-known Surgeon. Lecturer on Ana- tomy. Professor of Surgery to the College, 1832. Author of “ Anatomical Plates,” and “A System of Surgery.” Died i860. John Mackintosh July 11, 1823 ... At one time Army Surgeon. Lecturer in Edinburgh on Practice of Physic and on Midwifery. Died 1837. Richard James Mac- kenzie Dec. 10, 1844 Lecturer on Surgery in Edinburgh. Volun- teered to serve in the Crimean War, and died of cholera Sept. 25, 1854, five days after the battle of the Alma, where his surgical services were conspicuous. Born 1821, died 1854. Marble—by Brodie. Benjamin Rush ... Born at Bristol near Philadelphia, 1745, died at Pennsylvania, 1813. Studied for two years in Edinburgh, and took his degree of M. D. there. A classical scholar as well as a medical writer. Has been styled the Sydenham of America. MUSEUM. CASTS. The DlSCOBULUS ... Cast from the bronze of Naucydes, found by the Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton in the ruins of a villa on the Appian Wayat Rome. Anatomical Figure ... L’Ecorchd, Houdon.
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