Edward Cock (1805-1892), British surgeon, was a nephew of Sir Astley Cooper, and through him became at an early age a member of the staff of the Borough Hospital in London, where he worked in the dissecting room for thirteen years. Afterwards he became in 1838 assistant surgeon at Guy's Hospital, where from 1849 to 1871 he was surgeon, and from 1871 to 1892 consulting surgeon. He rose to be president of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1869. 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. From 1843 to 1849 he was editor of Guy's Hospital Reports, which contain many of his papers, particularly on urethral stenosis, puncture of the bladder, injuries to the head, and hernia. He was the first English surgeon. to perform pharyngotomy with success, and also one of the first to succeed in trephining for middle meningeal haemorrhage; but the operation by which his name is known is that of opening the urethra through the perineum, described in 1866. He died at Kingston in 1892. 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Surgery Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ... Sir Astley P. Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Bart. ... St. ... Dissection is usually the process of disassembling and observing something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the function and relationships of its components. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Guys Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south London. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients. ... Greek anatome, from ana-temnein, to cut up), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things; thus there is animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytonomy). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Stuttering is a speech disorder in which pronunciation of the (usually) first letter or syllable of a word is repeated involuntarily. ... A bladder is a pouch or other flexible enclosure with waterproof or gasproof walls. ... Head injury is a trauma to the head, that may or may not include injury to the brain (see also brain injury). ... A hernia is the protrusion of an organ or tissue out of the body cavity in which it normally lies. ... 18th century French illustration of trepanation (Larger Version) Trepanation, also known as trephinning or trepanning, is a form of surgery where a hole is drilled or scraped into the skull, leaving the membrane around the brain intact. ... The muscles of the male perineum In anatomy, the perineum is the region between the genital area and the anus in both sexes. ... Places called Kingston include: in Australia Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston on Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to differentiate it from Kingston on Murray) Kingston, Australian Capital Territory Kingston, Norfolk Island, the capital of the territory in Canada Kingston, New Brunswick Kingston, Nova Scotia Kingston, Ontario in...

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