Thomas Blizard Curling

Who was Thomas Blizard Curling?

Thomas Blizard Curling was a British surgeon.

He was born in Tavistock Place, London in 1811, the son of civil sevant Daniel and Elizabeth Curling and educated at Manor House, Chiswick. Without a degree but through the influence of his surgeon uncle, Sir William Blizard, he became assistant-surgeon to the Royal London Hospital in 1833, becoming full surgeon in 1849. In 1843 he won the Jacksonian prize for his investigations on tetanus; and he became famous for his skill in treating diseases of the testes and rectum, his published works on which went through many editions.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1850. After filling other important posts in the College of Surgeons, he was appointed president of the College in 1873.

He died in Cannes, France on 4 March 1888.