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William Cheselden

(born Oct. 19, 1688, Somerby, Leicestershire, Eng. — died April 10, 1752, Bath, Somersetshire) British surgeon and teacher. His Anatomy of the Human Body (1713) and Osteographia (1733) were both used by anatomy students for nearly a century. His technique for extracting bladder stones through an incision in the side rather than the front (1727) was soon used by surgeons throughout Europe. He also devised a way to surgically create an "artificial pupil" to treat some forms of blindness.

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