Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1230

SIR ASTLEY PASTON COOPER (1768-1841) Observations on the structure and diseases of the testis. Lea & Blanchard 1845 From the 2nd London ed. xiv [2] [17]-247 [48] pp., 24 plates. 25.5 cm.

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After an excellent description of the structure of the human testis, this work discusses in detail the various clinical conditions Cooper had encountered during forty years of practice. Many illustrative case histories are recorded to show the great variety of afflictions to which the testis may be subjected. It is interesting to note that Cooper denied the existence of the dartos muscle of the scrotum, and that in his discussion of the treatment of hydrocele, he gives instructions for the use of the seton. The book also contains his classic description of cancer of the scrotum in chimney sweeps, which was a serious occupational hazzard in coal-burning England. The volume was edited by Bransby Blake Cooper (1792-1853), surgeon to Guy's Hospital and Cooper's nephew.

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Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4166 (1st London ed., 1830); Waller 2112 (1st London ed.); Wellcome II, p. 388 (1st London ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.