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Fergusson, Sir W.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Surgeon, born at Prestonpans; graduated at Edinburgh; was elected to the chair of Surgery in King's College, London, and in 1866 was made a baronet; was serjeant-surgeon to the Queen, and president of the Royal College of Surgeons; Fergusson was a bold and skilful surgeon; is the author, amongst other treatises, of a "System of Practical Surgery," besides being the inventor of many surgical instruments (1808-1877).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fergusson, Sir W.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fergusson-sir-w.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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