GUTHRIE, George James (1785 – 1856)
1785 – 1856
6 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1815 CE
#2161
On gun-shot wounds of the extremities, requiring the different operations of amputation, with their after treatment.
Guthrie was the leading British military surgeon during the first half of the 19th century. He served in the Napoleonic Wars; his book is one of the most important in the history of the subject.
1816 CE
#2937
Case of a wound of the peroneal artery successfully treated by a ligature.
On July 2, 1815, Guthrie successfully ligated the peroneal artery of a German soldier wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.
1820 CE
#4445
A treatise on gun-shot wounds. 2nd. ed.
Successful amputation at the hip-joint, after the battle of Waterloo, 7 July, 1815.
1823 CE
#5845
Lectures on the operative surgery of the eye.
Guthrie founded the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, London, in 1816. He was the earliest teacher of the subject in the British Isles. The above includes important work on the artificial pupil.
1830 CE
#11604
On the diseases and injuries of arteries, with the operations required for their cure.
"Guthrie's experiences during the Peinsular War enabled him to make considerable improvements in practical surgery. These included introducing the practice of ligaturing both ends of a divided artery.... Guthrie made …
1834 CE
#4167
On the anatomy and diseases of the neck of the bladder, and of the urethra.
Guthrie was the first to describe non-prostatic obstruction at the neck of the bladder. On p. 252 of the above work is an account of Guthrie’s prostatic catheter for use in trans-urethral prostatectomy.