title: Reginald Fitz: father of appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Guys, Kings and St Thomas School of Biomedical Sciences, London.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000266:history*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*