- John Cooper Forster
John Cooper Forster (1823 –
March 2 ,1886 ) was a British surgeon.Forster was born in
Lambeth ,London , where his father and grandfather before him had been local medical practitioners. He enteredGuy's Hospital in 1841, was appointed demonstrator ofanatomy in 1850, assistant-surgeon, 1855, and surgeon, 1870. He became a member of the College of Surgeons in 1844, fellow in 1849 and president in 1884.He was a prompt and sometimes bold operator. In 1858, he performed practically the first
gastrostomy in England for a case ofcancer of theoesophagus . Among his best-known papers were discussions ofacupressure ,syphilis ,hydrophobia , intestinal obstruction, modified obturatorhernia , torsion, and colloid cancer of the large intestine; and he published a book on "Surgical Diseases of Children" in 1860, founded on his experience as surgeon to the hospital for children and women in Waterloo Road. He died suddenly in London.References
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