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- Title
William Cookesley, William Hunter and the first patient to survive removal of the appendix in 1731 – A case history with 31 years’ follow up.
- Authors
Selley, Peter
- Abstract
William Cookesley, a surgeon in Devon, England, successfully operated on a patient with an Amyand hernia in 1731, incidentally excising the appendix. His patient is the earliest documented to have survived appendicectomy. This was confirmed by a post mortem examination 31 years later. Part of the remaining bowel was preserved by William Hunter and this specimen remains in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow.
- Subjects
DEVON (England); COOKESLEY, William; APPENDIX surgery; HERNIA; HISTORY of medicine; AMYAND, Claudius; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of Medical Biography, 2016, Vol 24, Issue 2, p180
- ISSN
0967-7720
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0967772015591717