Langenbeck was a bold and skillful surgeon, but preferred not to operate while other means afforded a prospect of success.

Valsalva was described as a skillful surgeon and excellent physician, a meticulous anatomist with high scientific integrity, and a man of great kindness.

He was one of the best known and most skillful surgeons of his day, and many distinguished civilians came to him for relief.

M. de Bragelonne fixed his eyes steadily upon the skillful surgeon, and seemed to interrogate his every movement.

Known as a "bold and skillful surgeon in the abdomen," Welch performed anywhere between 15,000 and 20,000 procedures by the age of 75.

During his career he was known as an especially skillful surgeon who performed a very high volume (more than 30,000) of pediatric and adult cardiovascular surgeries.

I'm quite a skillful surgeon.

There were ten or fifteen Light Country men also now aboard the Cube, including four of the most skillful surgeons in the Hill City.

The torso had washed up in Staten Island four years after her disappearance, and the limbs appeared to have been severed, perhaps by a skillful surgeon.

Returning to Boston he built up a reputation as a talented physician and a skillful surgeon.