JONES, Sir Robert (1858 – 1933)
1858 – 1933
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1896 CE
#2684
The discovery of a bullet lost in the wrist by means of the Roentgen rays.
This was probably the first published report of the clinical use of x rays (February 22).
1923 CE
#4391
Orthopaedic surgery.
Jones was a pupil of Hugh Owen Thomas and a pioneer of active surgical intervention in orthopedics. He advocated tendon transplantation, bone grafting, and other reconstructive and restorative procedures. He did much …