1. Abraham Colles was an Irish surgeon and physician who served as Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the President of the RCSI in 1802 and 1830.
16 Facts About Abraham Colles
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Abraham Colles's father died when Colles was 6, but his mother took over the management of the quarry and managed to give her children a good education.
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Abraham Colles found an anatomy book belonging to the doctor in a field and returned it to him.
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Abraham Colles went on to enroll in Trinity College Dublin, in 1790 and was indentured to Philip Woodroffe, studying at Dr Steevens' Hospital, The Foundlings' Hospital and the House of Industry Hospitals.
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Abraham Colles received the Licentiate Diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1795.
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Abraham Colles went on to study medicine at Edinburgh Medical School, receiving his MD degree in 1797.
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In October 1803, Abraham Colles was appointed Surgeon to Cork-street Fever Hospital, and subsequently became Consulting Surgeon to the Rotunda, City of Dublin, and Victoria Lying-in Hospitals.
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Abraham Colles was a well-regarded surgeon and was elected as president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1802 at the age of 28 years, subsequently serving as president in 1830.
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Abraham Colles is remembered as a skilful surgeon and for his 1814 paper On the Fracture of the Carpal Extremity of the Radius; this injury continues to be known as Colles' fracture.
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Abraham Colles described the membranous layer of subcutaneous tissue of the perineum, which came to be known as Colles' fascia.
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Abraham Colles extensively studied the inguinal ligament, which is sometimes called Colles' ligament.
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Abraham Colles is regarded as the first surgeon to successfully ligate the subclavian artery.
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Some of his papers were collected and edited by his son, Mr William Abraham Colles, and published in the Dublin Journal of Medical Science.
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In tribute to his distinguished career, Professor Abraham Colles was offered a baronetcy in 1839, which he refused.
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Abraham Colles and died on 16 November 1843, from gout.
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Abraham Colles's grandson was the eminent music critic and lexicographer H C Colles.