THOMAS, Hugh Owen (1834 – 1891)
1834 – 1891
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1875 CE
#4340
Diseases of the hip, knee and ankle joints, with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method.
Thomas splint. Enlarged second edition, 1876. See No. 4348.
1883 CE–1890 CE
#4348
Contributions to surgery and medicine. 8 pts.
Thomas was the veritable founder of modern orthopedics in the British Isles. The conservative methods introduced by him were developed by Sir Robert Jones. Thomas is remembered eponymically by the “Thomas splint…