| Adams, Sir William | <person> British surgeon, 1760-1829. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bowman, Sir William | <person> B. Nantwich, Cheshire, July 20th, 1816. Was a Surgeon and Anatomist. Was Surgeon to Birmingham General Hospital and went to London in 1837. Was elected F.R.S. (1841) and F.R.C.S. (1854) and was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at King's College, London (1848-1956). Was the leading Opthalmic Surgeon in England. D. At his house, Joldwynds, near Dorking, Mar. 29th, 1892. Bowman's Capsule - surrounding the glomerulus in the kidney. Bowman's Glands - glands in the olfactory mucous membrane. On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney. Phil Trans. 1842. Much of Bowman's best anatomical work is to be found in Robert Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. London 1835-1859. Lived: 1816-1892. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Macewen, Sir William | <person> Scottish surgeon, 1848-1924. See: Macewen's sign, Macewen's symptom, Macewen's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gairdner, Sir William | <person> Scottish physician, 1824-1907. See: Gairdner's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilde, Sir William | <person> Irish oculist and otologist, 1815-1876. See: Wilde's cords, Wilde's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilson, Sir William | <person> English dermatologist, 1809-1884. See: Wilson's disease, Wilson's lichen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crookes, Sir William | <person> British physicist and chemist, 1832-1919; winner of the Nobel Prise in chemistry in 1907. See: Crookes' glass, Crookes-Hittorf tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pym, Sir William | <person> English physician, 1772-1861. See: Pym's fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, Sir William | <person> Irish surgeon, 1839-1900. See: Stokes amputation, Gritti-Stokes amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Turner, Sir William | <person> English anatomist, 1832-1916. See: intraparietal sulcus of Turner, Turner's sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fergusson, Sir William | <person> Scottish surgeon, 1808-1877. See: Fergusson's incision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Leishman, Sir William | <person> Scottish surgeon, 1865-1926. See: Leishmania, Leishman's chrome cells, Leishman's stain, Leishman-Donovan body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott, W. Osler | <person> U.S. Physician, 1902-1943. See: Abbott's tube, Miller-Abbott tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome | <gastroenterology> An inherited disease characterised by thin blood vessel walls in the nose, skin and gastrointestinal tract. This condition ins associated with a high risk of bleeding complications. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Osler | Sir William, Canadian physician in U.S. And England, 1849-1919. See: Osler's disease, Osler node, Osler's sign, Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |