Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1193

JOHN ABERNETHY (1764-1831) Surgical observations. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme 1809-1810] Vol. I: x, 292 pp.; Vol. II: 234 pp. 20.8 cm.

John Hunter's (see No. 968 ff.) successor at St. Bartholomew's Hospital was John Abernethy, his devoted pupil and disciple. Continuing Hunter's work on ligation, Abernethy became the first to tie successfully the external iliac artery for aneurysm, and in 1798 he ligated the common carotid. Although he was a generous man and quite popular as a teacher, he deliberately assumed a brusque manner with his patients, assuming it would inspire their confidence. Surgical observations, his primary work, actually contains two publications: Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases and on aneurysms and Surgical observations on diseases resembling syphilis.

See Related Record(s): 968

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 5584; Wellcome II, p. 3

Gift of John Martin, M.D.