Swinford Edwards (1853–1939) was a British surgeon to St Peter's Hospital for Stone and

St Mark's Hospital St Mark's Hospital, The National Bowel Hospital (informally St Mark's) is a hospital in Park Royal, Greater London, England. Managed by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, it is the only hospital in the world to specialise entirel ...

, London, who specialised in surgery of the genito-urinary tract, colon and rectum. He was an early user of the technique of injecting

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. He retired in 1913, and was succeeded by John Percy Lockhart-Mummery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Swinford 1853 births 1939 deaths British surgeons History of surgery