Zachary Cope

Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS
Born	(1881-02-14)14 February 1881 Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England
Died	28 December 1974(1974-12-28) (aged 93) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Education	Westminster City School
Alma mater	University of London
Occupation(s)	Surgeon, medical historian
Employers	St Mary's Hospital, London (1911–?) Bolingbroke Hospital (1912–1946) RAMC (1916–1918)
Notable work	Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen The Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen in Rhyme
Title	MB BS (1905) Kt (1953) FRCS MD MS Lond.
Spouse(s)	Agnes Dora Newth (1909–1922, her death) Alice May Watts (1923–1944, her death)
Children	One daughter
Parent(s)	Thomas John Gilbert Cope Celia Ann Cope née Truscott

Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS (14 February 1881 – 28 December 1974) was an English physician and surgeon perhaps best known for authoring the book Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute abdomen from 1921 until 1971. The work remains a respected and standard text of general surgery to this day and new editions continue being published by editors long after his death, the most recent one being the 22nd edition, published in 2010.

Cope also wrote widely on the history of medicine and of public dispensaries.[1]

Further reading

• Hamilton, David (2004). "Cope, Sir (Vincent) Zachary (1881–1974)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30968. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
• "OBITUARY NOTICES". British Medical Journal. 1 (5949): 98–99. 11 January 1975. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5949.98. ISSN 1756-1833. PMC 1672187. PMID 1089030.
• "Obituary – Vincent Zachary Cope, Kt., M.D., M.S.Lond., F.R.C.S". The Lancet. 305 (7898): 115–117. 11 January 1975. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(75)91134-4. ISSN 0140-6736.
• Eastcott, H. H. (May 1975). "Sir Zachary Cope". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 56 (5): 276–277. ISSN 0035-8843. PMC 2388561. PMID 1096743.

External links

• Works by or about Zachary Cope at the Internet Archive