- Edward Cock
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 inLondon , where he worked in the dissecting room for thirteen years. Afterwards he became in 1838 assistant surgeon atGuy'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 excellentanatomist , a bold operator, and a clear and incisivewriter , and though in lecturing he was afflicted with astutter , 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 onurethral stenosis , puncture of the bladder, injuries to the head, andhernia . He was the first English surgeon. to performpharyngotomy with success, and also one of the first to succeed intrephining for middlemeningeal haemorrhage ; but the operation by which his name is known is that of opening the urethra through theperineum , described in 1866. He died at Kingston in 1892.ource
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