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	The Papers of Sir Vincent Zachary Cope (1881-1974) Remove from selection Add to selection TitleThe Papers of Sir Vincent Zachary Cope (1881-1974) ReferenceMS0302 Level of descriptionfonds Datec. 1917- 1960 Creator Sir Vincent Zachary Cope, 1881-1974, surgeon Admin./ biographical historySir Vincent Zachary Cope was a General Surgeon and Writer. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1909). He qualified with MB,BS (Hons) from St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1905 with distinction in surgery and in forensic medicine. Cope was elected Assistant Surgeon in 1911 and became a full member of staff at Bolingbroke Hospital one year later. During the First World War, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in the 3rd London General Hospital. He was deployed to Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1919, which formed the basis for his first book, 'Surgical Aspects of Dysentery', published in 1921. This was followed shortly by 'The Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen' in 1922. Cope was a Member of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Medical Society of London, and the British Medical Association, later becoming Vice-President. At the College, he was a Member of the Court of Examiners, and was elected to the Council in 1940, later becoming Vice-President. Cope edited volumes on surgery and pathology on the medical history of the Second World War. He gave the Bradshaw Lecture at the College in 1949. He developed his career as an author and medical historian by completing and publishing biographies on Florence Nightingale (1958) and William Cheselden (1953) and ‘The History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England’ (1959), amongst others. Cope was also Hunterian Professor four times, between 1916 and 1927 and gave numeorous lectures including the Arris and Gale lecture in 1922. For more information on Cope's life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:378529/one?qu=zachary+cope&qf=ARCHIVES_PERSON_NAME%09Personal+Name%09Cope%2C+Sir+Vincent+Zachary%09Cope%2C+Sir+Vincent+Zachary&te=ASSET Scope and ContentThe collection consists of five groups of papers: MS0302/1 Papers relating to Surgical Publications MS0302/2 Papers relating to Biographical Publications MS0302/3 Papers relating to Lectures MS0302/4 General Correspondence MS0302/5 Personal Material Extent4 boxes LanguageEnglish System of arrangementAs described in the Scope and Content. Conditions governing accessThis collection is available to everyone for research. It can be consulted in our Research Room at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE. It is essential to book in advance so we can ensure material is available. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk to book a Research Room appointment. Access to some records may be restricted due to Data Protection legislation. We will advise where this is the case. Conditions governing reproductionCopies of material in the archives can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents. Some items within this collection may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study. Permission to publish material, in print or online, must be sought in advance from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and, where appropriate, the copyright holder. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk in the first instance. Related objectsMS0115 Hierarchy browser MS0302 The Papers of Sir Vincent Zachary Cope (1881-1974) c. 1917- 1960, fonds contains 5 parts

TitleThe Papers of Sir Vincent Zachary Cope (1881-1974)

ReferenceMS0302

Level of descriptionfonds

Datec. 1917- 1960

Creator Sir Vincent Zachary Cope, 1881-1974, surgeon

Admin./ biographical historySir Vincent Zachary Cope was a General Surgeon and Writer. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1909). He qualified with MB,BS (Hons) from St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1905 with distinction in surgery and in forensic medicine. Cope was elected Assistant Surgeon in 1911 and became a full member of staff at Bolingbroke Hospital one year later. During the First World War, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in the 3rd London General Hospital. He was deployed to Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1919, which formed the basis for his first book, 'Surgical Aspects of Dysentery', published in 1921. This was followed shortly by 'The Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen' in 1922. Cope was a Member of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Medical Society of London, and the British Medical Association, later becoming Vice-President. At the College, he was a Member of the Court of Examiners, and was elected to the Council in 1940, later becoming Vice-President. Cope edited volumes on surgery and pathology on the medical history of the Second World War. He gave the Bradshaw Lecture at the College in 1949. He developed his career as an author and medical historian by completing and publishing biographies on Florence Nightingale (1958) and William Cheselden (1953) and ‘The History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England’ (1959), amongst others. Cope was also Hunterian Professor four times, between 1916 and 1927 and gave numeorous lectures including the Arris and Gale lecture in 1922.

For more information on Cope's life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:378529/one?qu=zachary+cope&qf=ARCHIVES_PERSON_NAME%09Personal+Name%09Cope%2C+Sir+Vincent+Zachary%09Cope%2C+Sir+Vincent+Zachary&te=ASSET

Scope and ContentThe collection consists of five groups of papers:
MS0302/1 Papers relating to Surgical Publications
MS0302/2 Papers relating to Biographical Publications
MS0302/3 Papers relating to Lectures
MS0302/4 General Correspondence
MS0302/5 Personal Material

Extent4 boxes

LanguageEnglish

System of arrangementAs described in the Scope and Content.

Conditions governing accessThis collection is available to everyone for research. It can be consulted in our Research Room at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE. It is essential to book in advance so we can ensure material is available. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk to book a Research Room appointment. Access to some records may be restricted due to Data Protection legislation. We will advise where this is the case.

Conditions governing reproductionCopies of material in the archives can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents. Some items within this collection may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study. Permission to publish material, in print or online, must be sought in advance from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and, where appropriate, the copyright holder. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk in the first instance.

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The Papers of Sir Vincent Zachary Cope (1881-1974)

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