Thomas Blizard Curling (1811 – 4 March 1888) was a British surgeon.[1]
He was born in Tavistock Place, London in 1811, the son of civil servant Daniel and Elizabeth (née Blizard) Curling and educated at Manor House, Chiswick. Without a degree but through the influence of his surgeon great uncle, Sir William Blizard, he became assistant-surgeon to the Royal London Hospital in 1833, becoming full surgeon in 1849. In 1834 he won the Jacksonian prize for his investigations on tetanus; and he became famous for his skill in treating diseases of the testes and rectum, his published works on which went through many editions.[2] A stress ulcer resulting from burns is called a Curling's ulcer after him.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1850.[4] After filling other important posts in the College of Surgeons, he was appointed president of the College in 1873.[2] In 1871, he was elected President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.
He died in Cannes, France on 4 March 1888.
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- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Curling, Thomas Blizard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 645.
- ^ "Thomas Blizard Curling (1811-1888) Curling's ulcer of the duodenum". New Orleans: The Journal of the American Medical Association. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
