William Mitchell Banks

William Mitchell Banks
Sir William Mitchell Banks
Sir William Mitchell Banks
Born1 November 1842[1]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died9 August 1904(1904-08-09) (aged 61)
Karlsbad Hotel, Aachen, Germany[2]
Occupation(s)Medical doctor, surgeon

Sir William Mitchell Banks FRCS (1 November 1842 – 9 August 1904) was a Scottish surgeon.[3] He was an early advocate of what is now called the modified radical mastectomy.[4][5]

  1. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. ^ Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936
  3. ^ "Banks, Sir William Mitchell (1842 - 1904)". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ Banks, W. M. (December 1882). "On Free Removal of Mammary Cancer, with Extirpation of the Axillary Glands as a Necessary Accompaniment". Br Med J. 2 (1145): 1138–41. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1145.1138-a. PMC 2264904. PMID 20750400.
  5. ^ Kerslake, Christian. "Banks, Sir (William) Mitchell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30575. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)