See also:EDWARD See also:COCK (1805-1892)
, See also:British surgeon, was See also:born in 18o5
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He was a See also:nephew of See also:Sir See also:Astley See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper, and through him became at an See also:early See also:age a member of the See also:staff of the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
Borough See also:hospital in See also:London, where he worked in the dissecting See also:room for thirteen years
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Afterwards he became in 1838 assistant surgeon at See also:Guy's, where from 1849 to 1871 he was surgeon, and from 1871 to 1892 consulting surgeon
.
He See also:rose to be See also:president of the See also:College of Surgeons in 1869
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He was an excellent anatomist, a bold operator, and a clear and incisive writer, and though in lecturing he was afflicted with a stutter, he frequently utilized it with humorous effect and emphasis
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From 1843 to 1849 he was editor of Guy's Hospital Reports, which contain many of his papers, particularly on stricture of the urethra, puncture of the See also:bladder, injuries to the See also:head, and See also:hernia
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He was the first See also:English surgeon to perform pharyngotomy with success, and also one of the first to succeed in trephining for See also:middle meningeal See also:haemorrhage; but the operation by which his name is known is that of opening the urethra through the perinaeum (see Guy's Hospital Reports, 1866)
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He died at See also:Kingston in 1892
.
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