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May 01, 1785 London Died on 01 May 1856 (aged 71)
English surgeon
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About George James Guthrie
- George James Guthrie (1 May 1785 – 1 May 1856) was an English surgeon, born in London of Scottish parents.
- He was admitted to membership in the Royal College of Surgeons in 1801.
- As army surgeon, he served in the Peninsular campaign, and his work there won the praise of the Duke of Wellington.
- In 1816 he began a series of lectures in surgery to the officers of the army and navy, which he continued for nearly 30 years.
- In 1824 he became a member of the council of the Royal College of Surgeons, of which he was three times president, and also professor in 1818–1831.
- His principal works are: On Gunshot Wounds of the Extremities Requiring the Different Operations of Amputations, and their After Treatment (1814; sixth edition, 1855) Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the Eye (1823; third edition, 1838) On the Anatomy and Diseases of the Urinary and Sexual Organs (third edition, 1843)
