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Frederick Treves
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Born
February 15
,
1853
·
Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
Died
December 7
,
1923
·
Lausanne, Switzerland
(peritonitis)
Mini Bio
Frederick Treves was a famous pioneer in abdominal surgery. Today he is mostly remembered as the physician to the Elephant Man. On May 4, 1901, Treves was knighted by King Edward VII on whom he had performed an appendicectomy.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ralph Roberts
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Anne Elizabeth Mason
(1887 - December 7, 1923) (his death, 2 children)
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Great-uncle of
Frederick Treves
.
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In the fact of misfortune it is merciless to blot out hope.
The symptoms of disease are marked by purpose, and the purpose is beneficent.
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