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Historical Bibliography Updated: May 18, 2020

Disease of the appendix caeci cured by operation.

Publication Details

Lond. med. Gaz., n.s. 7, 547-50. 1848 CE.

First recorded successful operation for peritonitis due to abscess in the appendix. Hancock was surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital, London.

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Entry Number#3563
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/4077
Author Bio LinkPlarr's Lives of the Fellows ↗
External URLdisease-of-the-appendix-caeci-cured-by-operation

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: London