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Percivall Pott (January 6, 1714 - December 22, 1788) was an English surgeon and one of the founders of orthopedy. In 1736 he was admitted to the Barbers' Company and licensed to practice. He became assistant surgeon to St Bartholomew's in 1744 and full surgeon from 1749 till 1787. He introduced various important innovations in procedure, doing much to abolish the extensive use of escharotics and the cautery that was prevalent when he began his career. In 1768, Pott published Some Few Remarks upon Fractures and Dislocations. The book was translated into French and Italian and had a far-reaching influence in Britain and France. His name was written in the annals of medicine, by first describing arthritic tuberculosis of the spine (Pott's disease). In 1775, Pott found an association between exposure to soot and a high incidence of scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps. This was the first occupational link to cancer, and he was the first person to demonstrate that a malignancy could be caused by an environmental carcinogen. He died in 1788 at the age of 74.