Cope, Sir (Vincent) Zachary (1881-1974 )

Notes made in preparation for a History of Dispensaries in Great Britain, plus a piece on his own writings. Produced in London.

1957-1966

8 volumes and 1 bundle of loose papers

Presented by Sir Zachary, 1968 and 1972.

The author obtained his M.D. in London in 1907, and was elected F.R.C.S. Eng. in 1909. He served with the R.A.M.C. in Mesopotamia 1916-18, and was consulting surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Among other works he wrote a History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, published in 1959.

At Wellcome Collection: Correspondence with Sir Zachary occurs in the papers of the medical historians Charles Joseph Singer and Dorothea Waley Singer (PP/CJS), being held in files PP/CJS/A.21/23 and PP/CJS/F.1. Correspondence by him is also held in the papers of the Queen's Nursing Institute (SA/QNI), as SA/QNI/F.6/9; a brief history by him of the QNI is held as SA/QNI/P.10/1. Correspondence by him with the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum is held in that body's papers (WA/HMM), in file WA/HMM/CO/Chr/K.17. An obituary by him of Sir Almroth Wright is held in the Royal Army Medical Corps muniment collection as RAMC/1148. H.P. Greenberg's material on Richard Hunter FRCP (1923-1891) and Ida Macalpine FRCP (1899-1974), held as GC/218, contains a letter from Cope (GC/218/6). An article by Cope can be found in the papers of Frederick Parkes Weber (PP/FPW), in file PP/FPW/B.183/1. In other repositories: The Royal College of Surgeons of England holds the following material by Cope: abstracts of Council minutes (1790-1957); draft history of College and correspondence on history; notes for biography of Cheselden; register of operations (1917-1918); papers, autograph books etc.

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) and in a typescript supplement to that finding aid drafted by Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton.