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Sir William Macewen () Surgeon University of Glasgow medical graduate.

Macewen gained his medical degree from the University of Glasgow and ultimately became Regius Professor of Surgery at the University with wards at the Western.

Born on 22 June on the Isle of Bute, Sir William Macewen would go on to be one of the most innovative and successful surgeons in the world.

The life and teaching of Sir William MacEwen: a chapter in the history of surgery / A.K. Bowman Hardcover - by Bowman, A. K. (Alexander King) ().

Sir William was born at Woodend Cottage, 1 Ardbeg Road, Rothesay in June He moved to Glasgow with his family when he was He later.

Born on 22 June on the Isle of Bute, Sir William Macewen would go on to be one of the most innovative and successful surgeons in the world....

William Macewen

Scottish neurosurgeon ( - )

For people called William McEwan, see William McEwan (disambiguation).

Sir William Macewen (mə-KEW-ən; 22 June – 22 March ) was a Scottishsurgeon.

He was a pioneer in modern brain surgery, considered the father of neurosurgery and contributed to the development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy (removal of the lungs).

Career

Macewen was born near Port Bannatyne, near Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, in western Scotland in ^[1]

He studied Medicine at the University of Glasgow, receiving a medical degree in He was greatly influenced by Joseph, Lord Lister (–), who revolutionised surgery by developing antisepsis, by the use of phenol, thus decreasing drastically the enormous mortality of surgical patients due to infections.

By following Lister and adopting systematically the use of scrubbing (deep cleansing and disinfection of hands and arms), sterilisation of surgical tools,