biography
| name: |
MacEwen, Sir William
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pronunciation:
[muhkyooan]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1848–1924)
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| biography:
| Neurosurgeon, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. His interest in surgery was stimulated by Joseph Lister, then professor of surgery at Glasgow University. He adopted and extended Lister's antiseptic surgical techniques and pioneered operations on the brain for tumours, abscesses, and trauma. In addition, he operated on bones, introducing methods of implanting small grafts to replace missing portions of bones in the limbs. In 1892 he was appointed to the chair which Lister had held when MacEwen was a student. |
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