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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 27, 2020

Contributions to surgery and medicine. 8 pts.

Publication Details

London: H. K. Lewis, 1883 CE–1890 CE.

Thomas was the veritable founder of modern orthopedics in the British Isles. The conservative methods introduced by him were developed by Sir Robert Jones. Thomas is remembered eponymically by the “Thomas splint”.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#4348
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5739
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLcontributions-to-surgery-and-medicine-8-pts

Geographic Context

Publication place: London