John Wood | |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1825 |
Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
Death Place: | Kensal Green, London, England |
Occupation: | Surgeon |
Known For: | Involvement in a variety of crimes |
John Wood, FRCS, FRS (12 October 1825 – 29 December 1891) was a British surgeon at King's College Hospital.[1] [2] He was an expert on hernias, and an early investigator of the antiseptic practices pioneered by Joseph Lister,[3] the topic of his 1885 Bradshaw Lecture.