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Thomas Twistington Higgins
Thomas
Twistington Higgins
was the
head
surgeon
at
Great Ormond Street Hospital
between
1919
and 1953.
Whilst
at
Great Ormond Street
, he furthered
the field
of
paediatric medicine
, and was largely
responsible
for
paediatric surgery
becoming a
special
branch of medicine
.
He was a leading authority on the
history
of Great
Ormond
Street
Hospital
,
writing
a history of
the hospital
for its
centenary
year. One of his six
children
was
dancer
and
painter
Elizabeth Twistington Higgins
.