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SMITH, Sir Thomas (1833 – 1909)

SMITH, Sir Thomas (1833 – 1909)

1833 – 1909

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source The Sketch, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 492, July 2, 1902, page 407 · Public domain

1859 CE

#11364

A manual of operative surgery on the dead body.

Smith's concept was the teaching of surgery in a manner analogous to the teaching of anatomy--i.e. from a cadaver. His book organizes and explains the operations that student surgeons could practice on a cadaver. Digi…

1865 CE

#6359

Skull-cap showing congenital deficiencies of bone.

1876 CE

#6360

Haemorrhagic periostitis of the shafts of several of the long bones, with separation of the epiphyses.

Craniohypophyseal xanthomatosis was first reported by Sir Thomas Smith (see also No. 6359). Hand in 1893 (No. 6361), Schüller in 1915 (No. 6362), and Christian in 1919 (No. 6363) also reported cases, and the cond…