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Life
1773-1843; b. Millmount nr. Kilkenny; ed. Kilkenny Grammar School, and TCD; College of Surgeons, Dublin, Edinburgh, and London; practised in Dublin after 1797; Dr. Steevens’[s] Hosp., surgeon, 1799-1841; College of Surgeons Prof. Anatomy and Surg., 1804-1836; described ‘Colles’s fracture’ of the radius above the writes; Pres. RCSI in 1802 and 1830; declined baronetcy; buried Donnybrook. DIB
Criticism
Martin Fallon, Abraham Colles 1772-1843 Surgeon of Ireland (London: William Heinemann 1972), pp.238+xii, ill. [19 ills.] Note: Fallon held the honours OBE (mil.), MA, MCh, FRCSI, FACS., Perth; his son is Michael Fallon, the Conservative Minister of Defence (UK), 2015- .