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James Syme FRCSE, FRCS, FRSE (7 November 1799 – 26 June 1870) was a Scottish pioneering surgeon.
Jun 28, 2019 · In 1862 he was made surgeon in ordinary to the Queen in Scotland, received the French Légion d’honneur, a Danish knighthood, and later, several other orders in Britain and continental Europe. He wrote several surgical books and manuals, and numerous articles on a variety of surgical subjects.
Jun 2, 2024 · James Syme (1799–1870) was a Scottish General Surgeon. Referred to as the Napoleon of Surgery, James Syme was born to a family of renown in 1799 on Princes Street, Edinburgh. He attended the High School of Edinburgh before commencing his studies as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh.
James Syme, an Edinburgh surgeon, was to become pre-eminent among British surgeons. As a student he had devised and published a method of using rubber solution to waterproof silk, but the patent was denied him by a Mr. McIntosh from Glasgow.
Syme was an honest man whose judgment was based upon his keen observations in a busy practice. He was a sound, depend able surgeon in the finest sense of the word, who preached and practiced a high quality of proctology.
- Leon Banov, Jane Banov
- 1970
Syme was the boldest and most original surgeon of the era which immediately preceded the introduction of anesthesia. As early as 1823, when he was only 24 years of age, he performed the first amputation at the hip-joint which had been done in Scotland - Liston helping him.
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Jul 2, 2020 · This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of James Syme, one of the most distinguished members of the Edinburgh school of surgery in the 19th century.
