Liston, Robert, a celebrated surgeon, born in Linlithgowshire; studied in Edinburgh and London; was distinguished as an operator; was professor of Clinical Surgery in University College, London, and author of “Elements of Surgery” and “Practical Surgery” (1794‒1847).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Liston, John * Liszt, Abbé Franz