James Arnott (1797-1883) was an English physician and pioneer of
cryotherapy
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy can be used in many ways, including whole body exposure for therapeutic health benefits or may be used locally to treat ...
. Regarded as “the father of modern
cryosurgery
Cryosurgery (with ''cryo'' from the Ancient Greek ) is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation.
Cryosurgery has been historically used to treat a number o ...
”, Arnott was the first to utilize extreme cold locally for the destruction of tissue. In 1819, Arnott began his practice of
cryotherapy
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy can be used in many ways, including whole body exposure for therapeutic health benefits or may be used locally to treat ...
to freeze tumors in the treatment of breast and uterine cancers.
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1797 births
1883 deaths
19th-century English medical doctors
Cryotherapy