TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783 – 1858)
1783 – 1858
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1811 CE
#2931
A case of aneurism by anastomosis in the orbit, cured by the ligature of the common carotid artery.
1812 CE
#3433
An inquiry into the process of nature in repairing injuries of the intestines.
Travers’s researches on intestinal sutures recorded the first accurate knowledge on this subject.
1813 CE
#12290
Observations upon the ligature of arteries, and the causes of secondary hemorrhage; with a suggestion of a new method of employing the ligature in cases of aneurism.
Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
1818 CE–1819 CE
#2941
Surgical essays. 2 vols.
Cooper, the pupil and great interpreter of Hunter, was the most popular surgeon in London during the Regency. In 1802 he gained the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. Travers was surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital…
1820 CE
#5843
A synopsis of the diseases of the eye.
The earliest systematic treatise in English on diseases of the eye. The book became the authority in Europe and America. Travers, a pupil of Sir Astley Cooper, became surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital.