John Avery (1807-1855), Surgeon
Sitter in 1 portrait
Surgeon and inventor; worked with the ambulance service of the Polish Army in the 1830s; invented an apparatus for exploring the passages of the body; developed an operation for cleft palate.
attributed to Henry Collen
watercolour, bodycolour and varnish on ivory
On display in the Library at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1893
Medicine
Groups
Doctors and nurses
Place
Poland
