Hugh Owen Thomas was a Welsh orthopaedic surgeon. He and his nephew Robert Jones have been called "the Fathers of orthopaedic surgery".
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Hugh Owen Thomas
Hugh Owen Thomas
A plaque dedicated to Hugh Owen Thomas at Llys Meddyg, Bodedern, Anglesey (Ynys Môn)."Hugh Owen Thomas, 1834 - 1891, Meddyg Esgyrn" (Bone Doctor).
Application of the Thomas splint.![Thomas splint on display at Thackray Museum of Medicine[11]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Thomas_splint.jpg/1280px-Thomas_splint.jpg)
Thomas splint on display at Thackray Museum of Medicine[11]
Thomas test illustration. From Hugh Thomas Owen's "Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints: with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method", 1875.
Memorial in Toxteth Park CemeteryDoctors born in the 1830s 6
About this person
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1834 to 1891 · aged 57
Written about in
8 languages
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