Sir William Macewen was a Scottish surgeon. He was a pioneer in modern brain surgery, considered the father of neurosurgery, and contributed to the development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy.
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Sir William Macewen ( mə-KEW-ən; 22 June 1848-22 March 1924) was a Scottish surgeon.
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