Zachary Cope

Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS
Born	14 February 1881 Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England
Died	28 December 1974 (aged 93) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Residence	London
Nationality	British
Education	Westminster City School
Alma mater	University of London
Occupation	Surgeon, medical historian
Employer	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.^[1] 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,^[2][3] the most recent one being the 22nd edition, published in 2010.^[4]

References

1. "Obituary: Vincent Zachary Cope, Kt., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S". Medical History 19 (3): 307–308. July 1975. doi:10.1017/s0025727300020317. ISSN 0025-7273. PMC 1081645. PMID 1095868.
2. "Obituary: Vincent Zachary Cope 1881–1974". British Journal of Surgery 62 (8): 668–669. 1975. doi:10.1002/bjs.1800620820. ISSN 0007-1323.
3. Balfour, Tom (2006). "Review: Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 99 (1): 42. doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.1.42.
4. Cope, Zachary; Silen, William (January 2010). Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen (22nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973045-2. LCCN 2009013093. OCLC 317664268.

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 Internet Archive