John Duncan (surgeon)
(1839-1899)
Scottish surgeon
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John Duncan, LLD FRCSEd FRSE (18 August 1839 — 24 August 1899) was a Scottish surgeon best known for his surgical teaching at the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Extramural School of Medicine. He was a pioneer of the use of electricity in surgery both for surgical cautery and for tumour necrosis. On the death of his father James Duncan in 1866 he became a director of the major drug manufacturer Duncan Flockhart & Co, which had been founded by his grandfather, also John Duncan (b 1780). He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1889 to 1891.
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18 August 1839
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24 August 1899 (aged 60)
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