SYME, James (1799 – 1870)

1828 CE

#4453

Case of osteo-sarcoma of the lower jaw.

Syme’s operation of excision of the lower jaw for osteosarcoma.

1829 CE

#4454

Three cases in which the elbow-joint was successfully excised.

1831 CE

#4457

Treatise on the excision of diseased joints.

Syme, teacher and father-in-law of Lister, was one of the greatest of the Scottish surgeons. He is remembered for his method of amputation at the ankle (see No. 4459), for his speedy adoption of anesthesia and antisep…

1843 CE

#4459

Amputation at the ankle-joint.

“Syme’s amputation” at the ankle joint, an operation first successfully performed by him on 8 Sept, 1842.

1847 CE–1848 CE

#5659

On the use of ether in the performance of surgical operations.

Syme was, with Pirogov, the first in Europe to adopt ether anesthesia in surgical operations.

1848 CE

#5599

Contributions to the pathology and practice of surgery.

Syme, one-time colleague of Liston, succeeded to the latter’s extensive practice in Scotland. He came to London for a short time as Professor of Surgery at University College, but soon returned to Scotland. He w…

1862 CE

#2961

Case of iliac aneurism.

Syme treated a case of iliac aneurysm by opening the sac and ligating the common iliac and the internal and external iliac arteries.