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One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
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The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
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A surgeonfish.
Examples of surgeons in a Sentence
Other educational institutions are the Indianapolis College of Law (1897), the Indiana Medical College (the School of Medicine of Purdue University, formed in 1905 by the consolidation of the Medical College of Indiana, the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Fort Wayne College of Medicine), the State College of Physicians and Surgeons (the medical school of Indiana University), the Indiana Veterinary College (1892), the Indianapolis Normal School, the Indiana Kindergarten and Primary Normal Training School (private), and the Winona Technical Institute.
There may also be mentioned the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, with museum; the Royal Colleges of Organists, and of Veterinary Surgeons, the College of Preceptors, the Jews' College, and the Metropolitan School of Shorthand.
His vanity made him order the surgeons to cut out a bone which protruded below the knee and spoilt the symmetry of his leg.
It encountered many difficulties, and until the definite proof of the stegomyia hypothesis of yellowfever inoculation made by the United States army surgeons in Cuba in 1900, the greatest problem seemed insoluble.
In the Hunterian lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1863, Huxley divided the Vertebrata into Mammals, Sauroids and Ichthyoids, the latter division containing the Amphibia and Pisces.
The museum and lecture-rooms of the Royal College of Surgeons occupy a handsome classical building in Nicolson Street.
Surgeons, physicians, oculists, laryngologists, gynaecologists, neurologists and the rest, all are working in allotments of the same field, and combining to a common harvest.
The university is governed by a senate consisting of a chancellor, chairman of convocation and 54 members, whose appointment is shared by the Crown, convocation, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Surgeons, the Inns of Court, the Law Society, the London County Council, City Corporation, City and Guilds Institute, University and King's Colleges and the faculties.
The Royal College of Physicians is in Pall Mall East, and the Royal College of Surgeons is in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons is in Red Lion Square, and the Royal Veterinary College at Camden Town.
Other museums are Sir John Soane's collection in Lincoln's Inn Fields and the Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street, while the scientific societies have libraries and in some cases collections of a specialized character, such as the museums of the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal Architectural Society, and the Society of Art and the Parkes Museum of the Sanitar y Institute.
The Megatheriidae, which include a number of genera, are collectively Megatherium, from the specimen in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
The first complete skeleton of a gorilla sent to Europe was received at the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1851, and the first complete skin appears to have reached the British Museum in 1858.
He abounded in kindliness and generosity, and if there was anything especially difficult for him to endure, it was the sight of human suffering, as was shown on the night at Shiloh, where he lay out of doors in the icy rain rather than stay in a comfortable room where the surgeons were at work.
His son and grandson - respectively the great-grandfather and grandfather of James Martineau - were surgeons in the same city, while his father was a manufacturer and merchant.
Other institutions are Concordia College (1881, Lutheran), a state normal school (1880), the Wisconsin College of physicians and surgeons (1893), the national German-American teachers' seminary (normal), Milwaukee academy (1864), Milwaukee University school, Milwaukee school of engineering (1904), Milwaukee Turnverein school of physical culture, one of the largest schools of the sort in the United States, St John's Catholic institute, Our Lady of Mercy academy (Roman Catholic), Wisconsin academy of music, the Wisconsin school of art (art students' league), a Catholic normal school, St Rose's manual training school, the industrial chemical institute (the only technical school for brewers in the United States) and several business and commercial schools.
Other interesting buildings are the orphanage (1616), containing some 17th and 18th century portraits and ancient leather hangings; the weigh-house (1559), the upper story of which was once used by the Surgeons' Gild, several of the windowpanes (dating chiefly from about 1640), being decorated with the arms of various members; the former mint (r61 I); and the ancient assembly-house of the dike-reeves of Holland and West Friesland.
In 1878, after filling other offices in the Royal College of Surgeons, he became its president, and in 1887 was created.
London University, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and many other examining bodies refused to admit her to their examinations; but in the end the Society of Apothecaries, London, allowed her to enter for the License of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obtained in 1865.
Some time after this an operation restored Euler's sight; but a too harsh use of the recovered faculty, along with some carelessness on the part of the surgeons, brought about a relapse.
He took his medical degree in the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow in November 1840.
He was also professor of anatomy, physiology and surgery to the College of Surgeons of London, and for many years teacher of anatomy in the school which used to exist in Great Windmill Street.
He became lecturer in Anatomy both at his own hospital and at Charing Cross hospital; professor of Anatomy at University College, Sheffield; and Hunterian professor at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1901.
In Minneapolis are the Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons (1883), the medical school of Hamline University; Augsburg Seminary (Norwegian Lutheran, 1869), the United Church Seminary (1890), the Minnesota College (Swedish, 1905), the Minneapolis Normal School for Kindergartners, the Froebellian Kindergarten Normal School, Graham Hall and Stanley Hall, the Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art, and the Northwestern Conservatory of Music. Between Minneapolis and St Paul are the main buildings of Hamline University (Methodist Episcopal, co-educational, 1854).
I liaise extensively with consultants and surgeons in the hospital environment on a daily basis.
Private veterinary surgeons and veterinary inspectors are those whose occupation may put them at risk if an infectious agent is present.
The skeleton was eventually bequeathed to the College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.
He became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1999.
There are also close links with the vascular surgeons to ensure delays in patients needing carotid endarterectomy are kept to a minimum.
Developed the modern endoscope used by surgeons to see inside the body.
But we don't have to turn to surgeons or to the latest diet fad to get the body we've always wanted.
He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1996.
However, disposable biopsy forceps are difficult to use and are disliked by surgeons.
Some veterinary surgeons also recommend Cosequin to help maintain urinary bladder health.
Experience surgeons are increasingly able to do operations by putting a laparoscope through very small cuts in the tummy (abdomen ).
An enlightening question and answer session followed a polite lull; the surgeons started to express curiosity and relief.
Position the 15- or 19-inch monitors anywhere around the patient -- either separately or together -- providing total freedom for surgeons.
The BMA, Royal College of Nursing, The Royal Colleges of Paeds and Surgeons are all onboard.
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy improves visualization of the anatomy, benefiting surgeons.
Surgeons and clinical triallists should not be encouraged in the use of bare sclera resection as a surgical technique for primary pterygium.
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of trainee surgeons and their supervision on hernia recurrence.
It may also be valuable for surgeons, anesthetists and hematologists as a source of information on intra-operative cell salvage.
And it would be a dreadful shame for the two aspiring surgeons to overlook the opportunity to hone their medical skills, right?
Surgical management of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis - can it be performed by general surgeons?
Society of Practicing Veterinary surgeons - promotes the interest of practicing veterinary surgeons in private practice.
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Contact Us referring veterinary surgeons should contact the Equine Referral Hospital by telephone on 0117 928 9621.
The main contacts will be orthopedic surgeons in theaters.
All surgeons at the Life Sciences Laser Institute are consultant level ophthalmic surgeons who are on the General Medical Council Specialist Register.
Training and placement of cataract surgeons in rural hospitals would also enhance provision of eye care for the rural population.