PERCIVALL See also:

• POTT, AUGUST FRIEDRICH (1802–1887)
• PERCIVALL POTT (1714–1788)

POTT (1714–1788)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English surgeon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1714 . He served his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship with See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Nourse, assistant surgeon to St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, and in 1736 was admitted to the Barbers' See also:

• COMPANY

Company and licensed to practise . He became assistant surgeon to St Bartholomew's in 1744 and full surgeon from 1749 till 1787 . He died in London on the 22nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1788 . The first surgeon of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, excelling even his See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil, 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:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter, on the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, he introduced various important innovations in See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure, doing much to abolish the extensive use of escharotics and the actual cautery that was prevalent when he began his career . A particular See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of fracture of the See also:

• ANKLE

ankle which he sustained through a fall from his See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse in 1756 is still described as See also:

• POTT, AUGUST FRIEDRICH (1802–1887)
• POTT, PERCIVALL (1714–1788)

Pott's fracture, and his See also:

• BOOK

book, Some few Remarks upon Fractures and Dislocations, published in 1768 and translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, had a far-reaching See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . " Pott's disease " is a See also:

• SPINAL

spinal See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of which he gave an excellent clinical description in his Remarks on that See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of Palsy of the See also:

• LOWER

Lower Limbs which is frequently found to accompany a Curvature of the Spine (1779) . Among his other writings the most noteworthy are A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on Ruptures (1756), Observations on the Nature and Consequences of those Injuries to which the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head is liable from See also:

• EXTERNAL

external violence (1768), and Chirurgical Observations (1775) . There are several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of his collected See also:

• WORKS

works; that published by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• EARLE, JOHN (c. 16o1-1665)
• EARLE, RALPH (1751-1801)

Earle in 1790 contains a See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of his See also:

• LIFE

life .