biography
pronunciation:
[abernethee]
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| lived:
| (1764–1831)
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| biography:
| Surgeon, celebrated for his eccentric lectures and manners, born in London, UK. In 1813 he was appointed surgeon to Christ's Hospital, London, in 1814 professor of anatomy and surgery to the College of Surgeons, and in 1815 full surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, a post which he resigned in 1829. His practice increased with his celebrity, which the eccentricity and rudeness of his manners helped to heighten. |
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