Thomas Blizard

Not to be confused with Thomas Blizard Curling.

Thomas Blizard
Born	1772
Died	7 May 1838
Nationality	English
Occupation	Surgeon

Thomas Blizard (1772 – 7 May 1838) was an English surgeon.

Biography

Blizard became a pupil of his uncle, Sir William Blizard, and attained great skill as an operating surgeon. Having early become surgeon to the London Hospital, and gained a large and profitable city practice, he was able to retire on his fortune at the age of forty-six. He was notable both for his knowledge of anatomy and for his invention of a special knife for lithotomy. He died 7 May 1838. He was the author of a 'Description of an Extra-Uterine Fœtus' (Trans. Royal Soc. vol, v.), and of a 'Case of Intussusception of the Bowels'

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bettany, George Thomas (1886). "Blizard, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 05. London: Smith, Elder & Co.