Caesar Hawkins
Caesar Henry Hawkins FRS (born September 19, 1798 in Bisley , Gloucestershire , † July 20, 1884 ) was a British surgeon.
life and work
Caesar Hawkins was the son of the priest E. Hawkins and the grandson of Sir Caesar Hawkins (1711–1786), who was a serjeant surgeon at the British royal family. Hawkins first studied medicine at Christ's Hospital . In 1818 he went to St George's Hospital in London . There he worked as a surgeon from 1829 to 1861. In 1852 and 1861 he was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . In 1849 he received the Hunterian Oration from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 1862 Hawkins became Queen Victoria's Chief Resident .
Hawkins was considered a gifted surgeon. He was the first to successfully perform ovariotomies (removal of the ovaries by incision ) at London Hospital in 1846 , at a time when anesthesia was unknown. The colotomy (opening of the colon), he also popularized.
literature
- Resignation of Caesar Hawkins. In: British medical journal. Volume 2, Number 311, December 1866, p. 680, ISSN 0007-1447 . PMID 20744662 . PMC 2310446 (free full text).
Individual evidence
- ^ Abstract of the Hunterian Oration. In: The Lancet , Volume 53, 1849, pp. 196-198. doi: 10.1016 / S0140-6736 (02) 88494-X
- ↑ a b Hawkins, Caesar Henry . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 13 : Harmony - Hurstmonceaux . London 1910, p. 98 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hawkins, Caesar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hawkins, Caesar Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bisley , Gloucestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1884 |