Edward Cock (1805–1892) was a British surgeon. He published multiple academic papers, including a description of a novel approach to surgery of theurethra. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Cock was a nephew of SirAstley Cooper, and through him became at an early age a member of the staff of the Borough Hospital in London, where he worked in the dissecting room for 13 years.[1]
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 theRoyal College of Surgeons in 1869. He was an excellentanatomist, a bold operator, and a clear and incisive writer, and though in lecturing he spoke with astutter, he frequently used it with humorous effect and emphasis.[1]
From 1843 to 1849, Cock was editor ofGuy's Hospital Reports, which contain many of his papers, particularly onurethral stenosis, puncture of thebladder,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.[1]
He died atKingston in 1892.[1]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cock, Edward".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 622.