William Fergusson (1808-1877), Scottish surgeon. Fergusson studied at the University of Edinburgh and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
William Fergusson (1808-1877), Scottish surgeon. Fergusson studied at the University of Edinburgh and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1829. He was Professor of Surgery at King's College, London from 1840. He invented a range of surgical instruments, introducing conservative surgery to minimise surgical trauma. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1848), he was appointed to the royal household (1849) and made a baronet (1866). This photograph was published in 'Medical profession in all countries containing photographic portraits from life' (volume 1, 1873) by the Barraud and Jerrard photographic studio.
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