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LISTON, Robert (1794 – 1847)

LISTON, Robert (1794 – 1847)

1794 – 1847

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Samuel John Stump · Art UK · Public domain

1837 CE

#3328

Practical surgery.

In his day Liston was the most dexterous and resourceful surgeon in the British Isles. He was the first in the country to remove the scapula and the first – on 21 Dec. 1846 – to perform a major operation w…