James Scarth Combe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1796
Place of Birth: Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: surgeon
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About James Scarth Combe
- James Scarth Combe FRSE, FRCSEd (1796–1883) was a British surgeon.
- He was the first person to give an accurate description of pernicious anaemia and to recognise that atrophic gastritis was a feature of the condition.
- He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1850 and served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1851–52.
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