William Adams - bibliography

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Biography

English surgeon, born February 1, 1820; died February 3, 1900.

Bibliography

  • A course of lectures on orthopaedic surgery.
    Medical Times and Gazette, London, 1855-58.
  • A sketch of the principle and practice of subcutaneous surgery. 1857.
  • On the reparative process in human tendons after division. 1860.
  • Lectures on pathology and treatment of lateral curvature of the spine. 1865.
  • On the pathology and treatment of club-foot. 1866.
  • Subcutaneous division of the neck of the thighbone, for bony anchylosis of the hip-joint. 1871.
  • On the treatment of Dupuytren's contraction of the fingers, and on the obliteration of depressed cicatrices by subcutaneous operations. 1879. 2nd edition, 1892.

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