page_title: Bransby Blake Cooper
hierarchical_section_title: Bransby Blake Cooper
caption_attribution_description: 'The Cooper's Adz versus the Lancet' Bransby Blake Cooper being poked in the posteriour by a lancet, possibly Thomas Wakley, founder of the medical journal The Lancet. It reads: That cursed Lancet has cut so deep, I fear the wound will never be closed -- Oh! my posteriors! - My Seat of Honor! -- My latter end! -- Oh! dear -- Oh! dear -- Oh! A Lancet is far superior to a Coopers Adz it is so sharp - at the Point - besides it will perform a Scientific Operation with Expedition! Pub Dec 29 1828 by J. Fairburn. Broadway Ludgate Hill London The Cooper's Adz!! versus the Lancet!! Iconographic Collections Keywords: cooper, bransby blake, 1792-18; etchings; portrait prints; Satire; Cartoons; Bransby Blake Cooper; Thomas Wakley; Dickey Fubs
context_page_description: Bransby Blake Cooper FRS, was an English Surgeon.
  Bransby was the son Dr Samuel Cooper, a Church of England clergyman and grandson of Maria Susanna Bransby, the author of several novels. At an early age he resolved to join the Royal Navy, signing on as a midshipman on HMS Stately in 1805. However, he suffered from sea-sickness to such an extent he had to abandon any nautical career.
  He was influenced by his uncle, Astley Cooper to enter medicine.
context_section_description: Bransby Blake Cooper FRS, (2 September 1792, Great Yarmouth-18 August 1853, London) was an English Surgeon.
  Bransby was the son Dr Samuel Cooper, a Church of England clergyman and grandson of Maria Susanna Bransby, the author of several novels. At an early age he resolved to join the Royal Navy, signing on as a midshipman on HMS Stately in 1805. However, he suffered from sea-sickness to such an extent he had to abandon any nautical career.
  He was influenced by his uncle, Astley Cooper to enter medicine.
caption: 'The Cooper's Adz versus the Lancet' Bransby Blake Cooper being poked in the posterior by a lancet, possibly Thomas Wakley, founder of the medical journal The Lancet.
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