Charles Barrett Lockwood (23 September 1856 – 8 November 1914) was a British surgeon and

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who practiced surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in

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. Lockwood was a

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. Lockwood is remembered for his surgical work with femoral and

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s. He developed an infra- inguinal approach for femoral

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operations that is known today as the "low approach" or "Lockwood's operation". In 1893, he published an important book titled "Radical Cure of Femoral and Inguinal Hernia". He first conceived the idea of an

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in 1887, acted as their first treasurer and was elected president of the society for 1901 to 1903. The " Lockwood's suspensory ligament" of the eye is named after him. This structure is the thickened area of contact between

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and the sheaths of the

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and

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s. This ligament is responsible for maintaining the position of the eyeball in its normal upward and forward position within the

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Selected writings

* "Hunterian Lectures on the Morbid Anatomy, Pathology, and Treatment of Hernia", (1889) * "Radical Cure of Femoral and Inguinal Hernia", (1893) * "Aseptic Surgery", (1896) * Writings about Charles Lockwood: * "The life and works of Charles Barrett Lockwood (1856–1914)". By Eric C. O. Jewesbury, M.A., (1934)

References

Femoral and Inguinal Hernia

Physiological concept of eyelid rejuvenation
1856 births 1914 deaths British anatomists English surgeons {{UK-med-bio-stub