Cousins, John Ward (1834-1921)

Operations witnessed by J. Ward Cousins (performed by Edward John Scott (1812-1857)), Portsmouth, 1850-1852. Author's holograph MS., illustrated with small pen-drawings. Some of the operations were made under chloroform.

1850-1852

7 ll. 8vo. 17 x 11 cm

Presented 1923.

At the time of writing he was Apprentice-Surgeon to Mr. Scott at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital. He qualified M.D. at London University in 1859, was F.R.C.S. in 1860 and became surgeon to the hospital in which he started his career.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).