Thomas Blizard Curling

Thomas Blizard Curling (1811 – 4 March 1888) was a British surgeon.

[1] He was born in Tavistock Place, London in 1811, the son of civil servant Daniel and Elizabeth (née Blizard) Curling and educated at Manor House, Chiswick.

Without a degree but through the influence of his surgeon great uncle, Sir William Blizard, he became assistant-surgeon to the Royal London Hospital in 1833, becoming full surgeon in 1849.

In 1834 he won the Jacksonian prize for his investigations on tetanus; and he became famous for his skill in treating diseases of the testes and rectum, his published works on which went through many editions.

[2] In 1871, he was elected President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.