Thomas Blizard
English surgeon; (1772-1838)
Thomas Blizard (1772 – 7 May 1838) was an English surgeon.
Biography
Blizard became a pupil of his uncle, Sir William Blizard, and attained great skill as an operating surgeon. Having early become surgeon to the London Hospital, and gained a large and profitable city practice, he was able to retire on his fortune at the age of forty-six. He was notable both for his knowledge of anatomy and for his invention of a special knife for lithotomy. He died 7 May 1838. He was the author of a 'Description of an Extra-Uterine Fœtus' (Trans. Royal Soc. vol, v.), and of a 'Case of Intussusception of the Bowels'
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bettany, George Thomas (1886). "Blizard, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.).
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