Robert Liston
Sir Robert Liston (born October 28, 1794 in Ecclesmachan , Linlithgow / West Lothian (Scotland), † December 7, 1847 in London ) was a British surgeon .
Life
His father was a pastor in Ecclesmachan. Robert Liston began studying medicine in 1810 , including with the anatomist John Barclay (1758-1826) in Edinburgh , where he worked as a prosector until 1814 . He then worked as a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary , where he also performed sections . At the London Hospital he attended lectures by the anatomist and surgeon John Abernethy .
On October 21, 1816 he was knighted as the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB).
In 1818 Liston became a lecturer in anatomy and surgery at the Edinburgh School of Medicine , in 1827 a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary and in 1835 (until his death in 1847) professor of clinical surgery at University College London .
Liston introduced various improvements in amputations and wound dressings . The Listonsche amputation knife is named after him.
Works
- The elements of the surgery ( Elements of surgery. London 1830). 1831-32.
- Practical surgery . 1837.
literature
- Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Liston, Robert. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 858.
Web links
- Liston's article on PubMed (US National Library of Medicine)
- Robert Liston. In: The Gazetteer for Scotland
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 205.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liston, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ecclesmachan , Linlithgow (Scotland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1847 |
| Place of death | London |