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Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet

Index Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet

Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet FRCS FRS FRSE (20 March 1808 – 10 February 1877) was a Scottish surgeon. [1]

28 relations: Baronet, Bright's disease, British Medical Association, Carotid artery, Colyer-Fergusson baronets, Dover Street, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, Hanover Square, Westminster, Homeopathy, James Syme, King's College Hospital, King's College London, Lithotrite, Lochmaben, Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Pathological Society of London, Prestonpans, Robert Knox, Royal College of Surgeons, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh, Scotland, University of Edinburgh, West Linton.

Baronet

A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.

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Bright's disease

Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis.

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British Medical Association

The British Medical Association (BMA) is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom.

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Carotid artery

Carotid artery may refer to.

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Colyer-Fergusson baronets

The Fergusson, later Colyer-Fergusson Baronetcy, of Spitalhaugh in the County of Peebles and of George Street in the parish of St George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Dover Street

Dover Street is a street in Mayfair, London.

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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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East Lothian

East Lothian (Aest Lowden, Lodainn an Ear), is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons

Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional qualification to practise as a senior surgeon in Ireland or the United Kingdom.

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Hanover Square, Westminster

Hanover Square is a square in Mayfair, Westminster, situated to the south west of Oxford Circus, the major junction where Oxford Street meets Regent Street.

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Homeopathy

Homeopathy or homœopathy is a system of alternative medicine developed in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann, based on his doctrine of like cures like (similia similibus curentur), a claim that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people would cure similar symptoms in sick people.

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James Syme

James Syme FRCSEd, FRSE DDL (7 November 1799 – 26 June 1870) was a pioneering Scottish surgeon.

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King's College Hospital

King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in Denmark Hill, Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH".

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Lithotrite

The lithotrite was an early medical device, invented by Jean Civiale, which was used to perform transurethral lithotripsy, the first known minimally invasive surgery, to crush stones inside the bladder without having to open the abdomen (lithotomy).

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Lochmaben

Lochmaben (Gaelic: Loch Mhabain) is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle.

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Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (MRCS) is a postgraduate diploma for surgeons in the UK and Ireland.

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Pathological Society of London

The Pathological Society of London was founded in 1846 for the "cultivation and promotion of Pathology by the exhibition and description of specimens, drawings, microscopic preparations, casts or models of morbid parts." Its first meeting was held in February 1847 at which C. J. B. Williams was elected as the society's first president and 106 members enrolled.

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Prestonpans

Prestonpans is a small fishing town situated to the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the unitary council area of East Lothian.

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Robert Knox

Robert Knox, (4 September 1793 – 20 December 1862) was a Scottish anatomist, zoologist, ethologist and doctor.

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Royal College of Surgeons

A Royal College of Surgeons or Royal Surgical College is a type of organisation found in many present and former members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, or RIE, often (but incorrectly) known as the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, or ERI, was established in 1729 and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland.

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Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh

The Public Dispensary of Edinburgh (1776-1964) is regarded as the first free-of-charge hospital in Scotland, although there is an unsubstantiated reference to one in Dundee in 1735.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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West Linton

West Linton (Liontan Ruairidh) is a village and civil parish in southern Scotland, on the A702.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Fergusson,_1st_Baronet

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