William Henry Battle

William Henry Battle

William Henry Battle (born 1855, died 1936) was an English surgeon and teacher.

Battle graduated in 1880 from St. Thomas’s Medical School in London, England. He was a surgeon at St. Thomas' Hospital and an associate of the Royal Free Hospital of London. He became was Professor of Surgery and Pathology in the Royal College of Surgeons of England and taught in the Medical School for Women.

Battle researched concussion and optic neuritis. He is known for a number of discoveries:
* Battle's Sign, a bruise over the mastoid process that indicates basilar skull fracture,
* Battle's incision, a surgical incision used in appendectomies, with temporary medial retraction of the rectus muscle,
* Battle's operation, a surgical operation for femoral hernia.


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