Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (August 21, 1876 – September 19, 1932) was an American surgeon and medical historian. In 1905, as a young surgeon, he observed Peter Freyer perform a suprapubic prostatectomy in London. He later co-authored the Textbook on Surgery with John B. Deaver.[1][2][3][4]
Astley P. C. Ashhurst | |
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| Born | Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst August 21, 1876 |
| Died | September 19, 1932 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Spouse | Anna P. Campbell (m. 1930) |
References
edit- ^ Zorgniotti, Adrian W. Chapter 7. Suprapubic prostatectomy: An Anglo-Indian success story in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy edited by Frank Hinman. Springer-Verlag, New York (1983), pp. 51-54; ISBN 978-1-4612-54768.
- ^ Crossan, Edward T. (March 1933). "Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst, M.D., 1876–1932". Annals of Surgery. 97 (3): 474–475. doi:10.1097/00000658-193303000-00012. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1391844. PMID 17866947.
- ^ "Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst". Wellcome Library. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst Papers, 1895, 1904-1933, 1963, undated". dla.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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