James Syme

James Syme (1799-1870) was a great Scottish surgeon, born in Edinburgh. He was demonstrator under Liston, and was elected to the chair of Clinical Surgery in 1833. He gave up the chair to succeed Liston in London in 1848, but returned a few months after. He was re-elected to the chair he had vacated. He was much honoured by his pupils, and by none more than Dr. John Brown, who characterised him as "the best, ablest, and most beneficent of men". He wrote treatises and papers on surgery.

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