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Articles extracted from the British Journal of Surgery

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With a caricature by "Spy" of Frederick Treves, extracted from Vanity Fair, 19 July 1990.
Comprised of the following:
<li>RAMC/629/1: Sir James Paget, Bart. 1814-1899, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/2: James Syme, 1799-1870, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/3: Abraham Colles, 1773-1843, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/4: William Hey, 1736-1819, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/5: John Halle, 1529-1568, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/6: Sir William Fergusson, 1808-1877, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/7: Vesalius: his delineation of the framework of the human body in the Fabrica and Epitome, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/8: Vicary's predecessors, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/9: Eponyms: VII. Percivall Pott: his own fracture, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/10: Eponyms: XXIII. Spencer Wells' forceps, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/11: Some bygone operations in surgery: IV. An historical lithotomy: Mr Samuel Pepys, 20th century.</li>
<li>RAMC/629/12: Some bygone operations in surgery: XI. The removal of a sebaceous cyst from King George IV, 20th century.</li>

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Articles extracted from the British Journal of Surgery

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