A report of the trial of Cooper v. Wakley, for an alleged libel, taken by shorthand writers employed expressly for the occasion : with an engraving of the instruments, and the position of the patient / together with B. Cooper's "Prefatory remarks" on the evidence, and a copious explanatory appendix, by Thomas Wakley.

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1829
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Credit: A report of the trial of Cooper v. Wakley, for an alleged libel, taken by shorthand writers employed expressly for the occasion : with an engraving of the instruments, and the position of the patient / together with B. Cooper's "Prefatory remarks" on the evidence, and a copious explanatory appendix, by Thomas Wakley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Do you nial'.c many commuirications ? I have made four. They have been imblishcd ? They have, all been inserted except one. Did you put your name to tnem? No, Sir. , , Were they recently made? 1 made one in October, which is; mserled, on Medical Education. , Well, T don't ask what they were upon—were they all recent, or a year or two ago? No, at long intervals. u r How long did you stay at this operation, which you say was the most bungling you ever saw? I arrived at the theatre subsequent to the incision into the bladder, . . . 11 11 ■ But we understand from some of the witnesses that the incision into the b adder ■was made very early, and from some, very late, and therefore we cannot tell Irom that, you see, when you arrived ? There was the common external incision made, and 1 saw no urine gush, but I saw the scalpel used afterwards. , ■ w IIow long did you stay' I think I must have been there about five-and-thirty minutes. You came in after the operation began ? Yes. , v ^yhere did you sit? As it might be over here, and the patient was directly op- ^°Now that does not give me any idea-your pointing so vaguely; how many rows were between you and the operator? As to that 1 cannot speak with certainty, but I was directly opposite to him in the uppermost row. • The uppermost row of all ? Yes. r t,- 7 Vcc That is to say, you were about the greatest distance trom him .' les. Now, did you say you saw the scalpel used ? I did. Are you sure of that? I am sure of that. But you came in after the incision into the bladder ? \ es. Well, just recollect yourself, for if I am right y informed, no scalpel jas ^^^^^^ after the incision was made into the bladder ? I don't say the scalpel made the farst incision into the bladder—1 was not there then. Yet you saw the scalpel used ? Yes; I saw it used after I ^vas there By the scalpel, you don't mean Sir Astley Cooper's knife ?-[^ pause ;]-do you know what is called Sir Astley Cooper's knife ? No, I don t, Sir. What instruments did you see used ? The scalpel, Sir. W hat besides ? I saw forceps used—several kinds ol forceps. 'XS'rrr: Z^lJ:i-<i^^^ ^ l apprehend were. What besides? I saw a sound introduced. Well what more ? I recollect nothing more, to my knowledge. No sorgef No, I don't recollect seeing the gorget. NeiThe? blunt not cutting? Neither blunt nor cutting And the only cutting instrument you saw used was tne scalpel. JNo. And what Sir Astley Cooper's knife is, you don t know t iNo. Never heard of it? Yes, I have. Did vou ever perform the operation of lithotomy? iNo. _ goVlong hav'^ you been de^uonstrator ? Su.ce the 1st of October 1^^^^ ^ Then you were not demonstrator when you went to see this operauo °{jhlT:rrxr;':r„f.o°r.s^4- .hen apupuofM. '^^ i^e^o e?^ou-ae„cled an, other operation at Cy's HospUa> S £■ SnX/c'^oper operate a. any other titne, No, Sir. Are you sure of that ? Quite sure of it. Re-examined hy Mr, Wakley. You were speaking of a conversation you had with some pupils? Will you repeat the remainder of that conversation t Yes.