About William Edward Fothergill
Lived 1865 – 1926 (aged 61). William Edward Fothergill was a physician.
William Edward Fothergill (4 October 1865 – 4 November 1926) was professor of clinical obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Manchester.
Life Fothergill was born in Southampton, England and brought up in Darlington. winning the Milner-Fothergill Gold Medal for Contribution to Therapeutics, Fothergill also won an award from the Edinburgh University Club of London for an essay called The Relation of Literature, Science and Philosophy in University Education. Donald executed the operation sometimes in two sittings.
Fothergill improved on the procedure by modifying it by not always carry out the posterior repair. Fothergill's procedure became popular with gynaecologists which led the procedure becoming known as the Fothergill's Repair.
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British physician (1865-1926)
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William Edward Fothergill was born on 4 October 1865 in Southampton.
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William Edward Fothergill died on 4 November 1926.
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William Edward Fothergill was a physician.
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