James Arnott (1797-1883) was an English physician and pioneer of
cryotherapy
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy may be used to treat a variety of tissue lesions. The most prominent use of the term refers to the surgical treatment, s ...
. Regarded as “the father of modern
cryosurgery
Cryosurgery is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation. The term comes from the Greek words cryo (κρύο) ("icy cold") and surgery (''cheirourgiki'' – χ ...
”, Arnott was the first to utilize extreme cold locally for the destruction of tissue. In 1819, Arnott began his practice of
cryotherapy
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy may be used to treat a variety of tissue lesions. The most prominent use of the term refers to the surgical treatment, s ...
to freeze tumors in the treatment of breast and uterine cancers.
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1797 births
1883 deaths
19th-century English medical doctors
Cryotherapy