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Surgeon. Bust of Prof James Syme, by William Brodie, 1872, Old College, University of Edinburgh. Syme's home at 9 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. The grave of James Syme, St John's Episcopal Churchyard, Edinburgh. James Syme FRCSE, FRCS, FRSE (7 November 1799 – 26 June 1870) was a Scottish pioneering surgeon.
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- 26 June 1870 (aged 70), Millbank House, Kingsknowe, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 7 November 1799, Edinburgh, Scotland
Jun 26, 2021 · 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.
Jun 28, 2019 · James Syme, by John Adamson. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1855. James Syme was born in Edinburgh in the year when Napoleon became First Consul, and in later years came to be called the Napoleon or Wellington of surgery. 1-6 As a young man he had an interest in chemistry and at age eighteen developed a method of making textiles ...
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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. He showed independent thinking as he spoke out against the belief that hemorrhoidal bleeding was beneficial and against the ...
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James Syme was the son of John Syme, an Edinburgh solicitor. After education at The Royal High School he enrolled in Edinburgh University at the age of 16 where he came under the influence initially of Thomas Hope, the Professor of Chemistry who had discovered the element strontium.
The History and Development of Syme's Amputation. R. I. Harris *. James Syme (1799-1870), the last and greatest of the pre-Listerian surgeons ( Fig. 1. ), was renowned in his day as the most eminent surgeon in the English-speaking world. Well informed and well trained by study and travel, he developed in practice the experience, courage ...
The Syme Ankle Disarticulation: Surgical Procedures F. William Wagner, Jr., M.D. James Syme was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Edinburgh from 1843 to 1869. He pioneered many innovative procedures in general surgery and was regarded as one of the premier surgeons of Europe and the United Kingdom.
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