Thomas Blizard

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Thomas Blizard
Born1772 (1772)
Died7 May 1838(1838-05-07) (aged 65–66)
OccupationSurgeon

Thomas Blizard (1772 – 7 May 1838) was an English surgeon.

Biography

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Blizard became a pupil of his uncle, Sir William Blizard, and attained great skill as an operating surgeon. Having early become surgeon to the London Hospital, and gained a large and profitable city practice, he was able to retire on his fortune at the age of forty-six. He was notable both for his knowledge of anatomy and for his invention of a special knife for lithotomy. He died 7 May 1838. He was the author of a 'Description of an Extra-Uterine Fœtus' (Trans. Royal Soc. vol, v.), and of a 'Case of Intussusception of the Bowels'

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