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Sir William MacEwen

Sir William MacEwen , 1848-1924, Scottish surgeon. A professor of surgery at the Univ. of Glasgow, he was noted for his work on bone grafting, on the radical cure of hernia, and especially on surgery of the brain and spinal cord.

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Killigrew, Sir William

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Killigrew, Sir William (?1606–95), brother of T. Killigrew the elder and author of the tragicomedy Selindra; the comedy Pandora, published 1664; and other dramatic works.

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Dugdale, Sir William

Dugdale, Sir William (1605–86), author of The Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), a topographical history that set new standards of fullness and accuracy for the genre and inspired, amongst others, A. Wood. His Monasticon Anglicanum (3 vols, 1655–73; in collaboration with Roger Dodsworth) is an account of the English monastic houses.

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	HEROES; Nurse Siobhan is on hand to help our brave men and women live with the cost of wars SO YOU WANT TO HELP OUR TROOPS.(Features) Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 11/9/2008; 700+ words ; ...start treating patients. One in five British veterans disabled in battle were treated there. Resident surgeon Sir William MacEwen enlisted workers at nearby Clydeside shipyards to make more than 600 artificial limbs for amputee patients. Princess...
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