Hugh Owen Thomas

Hugh Owen Thomas (23 August 1834 – 1891) was a Welsh surgeon. He is considered the father of orthopaedic surgery in Britain.

Read more about Hugh Owen Thomas:  Early Life, Professional Career, Medical Legacy, Literature, Works

Famous quotes containing the words hugh, owen and/or thomas:

    Turn off that remarkable conscience, Merryhew. Remember virtue has its own reward.
    —Richard Bluel. Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)

    A few, a few, too few for drums and yells,
    May creep back, silent, to village wells
    Up half-known roads.
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

    I know
    No answer to the children’s cry
    Of echo’s answer and the man of frost
    And ghostly comets over the raised fists.
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)