Astley Cooper

Sir Astley Paston Cooper ( born August 23, 1768 in Brooke / Norfolk, † February 12, 1841 in London ) was an English surgeon and personal physician to several kings of the United Kingdom.

Life

He attended the Guy 's and St Thomas Hospital in London, then in 1787 the University of Edinburgh, was prosector and assistant teacher of anatomy and surgery at St. Thomas Hospital and later surgeon at Guy's Hospital. In 1792 he went to Paris, then became a body surgeon of King George IV, 1821 baronet and in 1837 physician to Queen Victoria. Cooper marked by the boldness of his operations; he first ventured to the operation of the artery tumor of the carotid artery and tied in a main artery swelling of the abdomen, the abdominal aorta near the heart. According to him, the Cooper - pair of scissors is named.

He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1802.

Publications

• Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery. ( Lond. 1824-29, 4 vols, 6th edition 1842 German, Weim 1825-28, 3 vols. )
• The principles and practice of surgery. ( Lond. 1843 German Schütte, 4th edition, Kass 1856, 3 vols. )

Swell

• Bransby Blake Cooper: The Life of Sir Astley Cooper. 2 vols. Parker, London 1843 ( online: Volume 1, Volume 2).

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• Anatomist
• Surgeon
• Physician (18th century)
• Physician (19th century)
• Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Carriers of the Copley Medal
• Briton
• Born in 1768
• Died in 1841
• Man