%0 Journal Article
%T Walter Robinson Swann (1900¨C1980): Surgical blade maker, craftsman and philanthropist
%A Anna Elizabeth Monk
%A Barry Edward Monk
%J Journal of Medical Biography
%@ 1758-1087
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0967772019830279
%X Walter Swann was an engineer and steel-maker, who established the firm WR Swann and Co. Ltd in Sheffield and who created the renowned Swann¨CMorton£¿ brand of surgical blades. The company has defied the trend in the decline of the manufacture of Sheffield steel and is a testimony to his remarkable and enlightened employment practices, which were revolutionary in their day
%K Sheffield
%K surgical blades
%K Swann¨CMorton
%K Walter Swann
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0967772019830279