Hugh Owen Thomas was a Welsh orthopedic surgeon born in 1834 who is considered the father of orthopedic surgery in Britain. He trained in medicine in North Wales and London, and began his own practice in 1859 treating fractures and tuberculosis. Thomas advocated for rest in treatment and invented medical devices still used today like the Thomas splint for fracture immobilization. He died in 1891 in Liverpool having made significant contributions to the field of orthopedics.

1. HUGH OWEN THOMAS

3. History
Hugh Owen Thomas descended from a young boy who had been
shipwrecked in Anglesey an island near Wales in 1745.
He was born on 23rd August 1834 in wales and died on 6th January 1891 in
Liverpool.
He trained with his uncle Owen Roberts in North Wales for 4 years and then
he studied medicine at Edinburgh and university college London
He qualified as MRCS-Membership of royal college of surgeons in 1857.
He initially worked with his father but because of his bad temperament he
started his own clinic in 1859.

4. • He was a eccentric man who always wore a black coat,had a patch
over one eye and had a cigarette In his mouth
• A rumour was there that he would attack victims himself and break
bones to get patients and treat them
• He practiced from his house at No 11 Nelson Street and every Sunday
he would treat patients for free.

5. Achievements
• -Welsh Orthopaedic surgeon who was the father of Orthopaedic surgery in Britian.
• In the treatment of fractures and TV he advocated rest.
• Things named after him-
• 1)Thomas splint-Immobilization of fracture
• 2)Thomas collar-Cervical TB
• 3)Thomas’s test-To detect Flexion deformity of the hip.
• 4)Thomas’s wrench-To reduce fractures
• 5)Thomas heel
• Robert Jones was his nephew who had applied the splint during the first world war.
• He died on 6th January 1891 in Liverpool.

6. List of works

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