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Edward Hallaran Bennett
Irish surgeon, born April 9, 1837, Cork; died June 21, 1907, Dublin.
Associated eponyms:
Bennett's double ring splint
Metal splint that slips on the finger and limits hyperextension of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
Bennett's fracture
An intraarticular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal with involvement of carpometacarpal joint.
Biography:
Edward Hallaran Bennett commenced his studies at the Trinity School in Dublin in 1856. He received his doctorate in that city in 1864 and then settled to practice surgery there. He was active as professor of anatomy at the university and was professor of surgery at Trinity College, as well as surgeon at Dun's and at Mark's Ophthalmological Hospital. Bennett is said to have introduced antisepsis to Dublin and to have performed many osteotomies for rickets. He became President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.
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