CARLISLE, Sir Anthony, an eminent English surgeon, was born at Durham in 1768. He studied under Mr. Green, the founder of the hospital in that city, and afterwards in London under the two Hunters, Cruickshank, and Baillie. On the death of Mr. Watson he was appointed surgeon to the Westminster Hospital; and was lecturer on anatomy and surgery in the College of Surgeons, of which body he was also elected the president. In 1808 he was appointed professor of anatomy to the Royal Academy, which office he held for sixteen years. He was the author of several detached papers on various professional subjects; in which he showed himself a better observer than a systematic author. To him we are indebted for the introduction of the straight-bladed amputating knife, and the concealed bistoury for such operations as fistula in ano. His essay "On the Disorders of Old Age" is his principal work. He died in 1840. (T. S. T.)