See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• LISTON, JOHN (c. 1776-1846)
• ROBERT LISTON (1794-1847)

LISTON (1794-1847)  , Scottish surgeon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 28th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1794 at Ecclesmachan, See also:

• LINLITHGOW
• LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 1ST MARQUESS

Linlithgow, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . He began the study of See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy under Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BARCLAY, ALEXANDER (c. 1476-1552)
• BARCLAY, JOHN (1582-1621)
• BARCLAY, JOHN (1734-1798)
• BARCLAY, R
• BARCLAY, ROBERT (1648-1690)
• BARCLAY, WILLIAM (1546–1608)

Barclay (1758-1826) at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in 18,o, and soon became a skilful anatomist . After eight years' study, he became a lecturer on anatomy and See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery in the Edinburgh School of See also:

• MEDICINE

Medicine; and in 1827 he was elected one of the surgeons to the Royal Infirmary . In 1835 he was chosen See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of clinical surgery in University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, and this See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment he held until his See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred in London on the 7th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1847 . See also:

• LISTON, JOHN (c. 1776-1846)
• LISTON, ROBERT (1794-1847)

Liston was a teacher more by what he did than by what he said . He taught simplicity in all operative procedures; fertile in expedients, of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NERVE (Lat. nervus, Gr. vevpov, a bowstring)

nerve and of powerful See also:

• FRAME

frame, he is remembered as an extraordinarily bold, skilful and rapid operator . He was the author of The Elements of Surgery (1831-1832) and See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical Surgery (1837), and made several improvements in methods of amputation, and in the dressing of wounds .