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William Beckett

Author, historical medical writer, surgeon

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Roles / TypesAuthor, historical medical writer, surgeon

Websitehttps://catalog.folger.edu/record/857095

Summary

Eighteenth-century surgeon and author of New Discoveries Relating to the Cure of Cancers. William Beckett was an English surgeon credited in library records as author of New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers, a 1712 publication on cancer treatment methods. In this database he is relevant as a historical cancer-book author, not as a modern clinical source.

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William Beckett was an English surgeon credited in library records as author of New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers, a 1712 publication on cancer treatment methods. In this database he is relevant as a historical cancer-book author, not as a modern clinical source.