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  Astley Cooper Key - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Astley Cooper Key ( 1821 - March 3, 1888), English admiral, was born in London, and entered the navy in 1833.
His father was Charles Aston Key (1793-1849), a well-known surgeon, the pupil of Sir Astley Cooper, and his mother was the latter's niece.
He had a considerable share in advising as to the reorganization of administration, and in 1866, having become rear-admiral, was made director of naval ordnance.
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 Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st baronet (www.whonamedit.com)
Cooper was not a prolific writer, but his publications were of the highest quality and were the result of personal knowledge and observation gained from long hours of practice, dissecting, and experimentation.
Cooper was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, the highest honour the society could bestow, for noteworthy contributions to medical knowledge.
In 1805 Cooper was one of the founders of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, and in the Transactions of this society, A case of aneurysm of the carotid artery, he reported the first ligature ever of carotis communis (1805).
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 Charles Aston Key (www.whonamedit.com)
Charles Aston Key was the son of the physician Thomas Key.
Accordingly Sir Astley Cooper entered, and, addressing the pupils, said, that in consequence of the crowd, the patient being in a state which would admit of the removal, the operation would take place in the great anatomical theatre.
In 1823 Key successfully ligated the subclavian artery for aneurysm at the axilla.
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 Broadmining: KEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A key (map) consists of the section of a map or other document that explains the symbols used elsewhere on the document.
A key frame constitutes a frame or cell in animation which serves as a guide for the other frames, or inbetweens.
Keying (car) involves using something metallic, such as a latch-key, in order to scratch something (often something of perceived value) such as a car.
www.lowide.com /S/KEY   (307 words)

  
 KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888) - Online Information article about KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
Key (1793-1849), a well-known surgeon, the pupil of Sir
American station (1844-1846), in the Baltic during the Crimean War (C.B. 1855) and China (1857), Key was appointed in 1858 a member of the royal commission on national defence,-in 186o captain of the steam reserve at Devonport, and in 1863 captain of H.M.S. " Excellent " and superintendent of the Royal Naval College.
KEY WEST (from the Spanish Cayo Hueso, " Bone R...
encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KEY_SIR_ASTLEY_COOPER_1821_188.html   (351 words)

  
 Navy Life
Astley Cooper Key, a future admiral who joined in 1833, won the college silver medal and was granted a year’s seatin which meant that he could offer himself to pass the qualifying examination for rank of Lieutenant after five years at sea, instead of the normal six.
Key went as a college volunteer of the first class in 1833.
It was studded with key words and phrases - permanent corps, uniform system, engaged for five or seven years, renewable, increase of pay at each re-engagement, advanced according to merit - which were the first seeds of a permanent, professional career for a seaman in the Royal Navy.
freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~ausnavy/Navy_Life.htm   (3196 words)

  
 Astley Cooper Key - Result for Astley Cooper Key - Meaning of Astley Cooper Key - Definition of Astley Cooper Key - ...
'''Sir Astley Cooper Key''' ( 1821 - March 3, 1888), England English admiral, was born in London, and entered the navy in 1833.
His father was Charles Aston Key (1793-1849), a well-known surgeon, the pupil of Astley Cooper Sir Astley Cooper, and his mother was the latter's niece.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Astley Cooper Key.
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 Nottingham Folk Music Database: Tunes in directory "reels"
Astley's Ride : Kevin Briggs : timesig 4 4 : key d : ASCII : gif score : astleys
The Headlands : Ronald Cooper via Rosa M : timesig 4 4 : key a : ASCII : generate gif : headlands
The Yeti : Kevin Briggs : timesig 4 4 : key a : ASCII : gif (cache) : yeti
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 James Wardrop 1782-1860
Astley Cooper, who had himself studied in Edinburgh in 1787, had a large practice and once charged a wealthy planter from the West Indies a fee of 1000 guineas for the removal of a bladder stone.
Astley Cooper was appointed Sergeant-Surgeon in the same year as Wardrop became Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the king, although Wardrop declined a baronetcy because, it is said, he could not afford it.
There follows the report of the post mortem examination conducted by Sir Astley Cooper commenting on pleural effusions and ossification of the aortic valve with rupture of a blood vessel in the stomach as the immediate cause of his Majesty’s dissolution.
www.rcsed.ac.uk /journal/vol46_4/4640009.htm   (5339 words)

  
 Nottingham Folk Music Database: Tunes in directory "reels"
Astley's Ride : Kevin Briggs, via EF : timesig 4 4 : key d : gif score ; ASCII : astleys
Breakdown, The : Eric Foxley : timesig 4 4 : key a : ASCII : breakdown
Headlands, The : Ronald Cooper via Rosa M, via EF : timesig 4 4 : key a : ASCII : headlands
www.cs.nott.ac.uk /~ef/tmp/reels.html   (10411 words)

  
 Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy,P-Q   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It was the opinion of the court martial which was convened in GOLIATH at the Saints in October that the loss was occasioned either by a strong southerly current setting at a rate of 4 knots or that the Admiralty charts showed the shoals 20 miles too far to the south.
Astley Cooper KEY of FANNY landed with 180 seamen followed by 145 Royal Marines to capture the batteries and by the following day they were all in allied hands.
In December the squadron moved to Gluckstadt to cooperate with a detachment of the Swedish army under General Baron de Boye in the reduction of the fortress there.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /PQ.htm   (18930 words)

  
 The surrender of Libau, 1854
On 17 May 1854 Amphion (screw frigate, 34 guns, Captain Astley Cooper Key) and Conflict (screw sloop, 8 guns, Captain Arthur Cumming), entered Libau in the Baltic without firing a shot, and captured all the shipping in the port.
On the morning of the 17th we stood in towards the entrance of the river, and by careful sounding with boats ahead succeeded in anchoring both ships within gun-shot of part of the town.
I HAVE received your letter, giving an account of the surrender of the town of Libau, and the delivery of the shipping in that port, and I much approve of the prompt and judicious steps you took to accomplish this, and the humanity you showed in not injuring the town.
home.planet.nl /~pdavis/Libau.htm   (650 words)

  
 Characters
Widow of a baron, she is the domineering mother of Astley (Lord Chatterton), Grace, and Catherine.
Sister of Frederick Denbigh (Duke of Derwent) and cousin of George Denbigh (Earl of Pendennyss) and Lady Marian Denbigh, she is courted and won by Astley Cooper (Lord Chatterton) and is thereafter called Lady Chatterton.
Mother of Mildred Bluewater, sister of the Duchess of Glamorgan, and wife (by secret marriage) of John Bluewater, she is a key to much of the novel though dead years before the central action; mentioned frequently.
www.oneonta.edu /external/cooper/writings/plots/walker-characters.html   (10071 words)

  
 The Thymus: The Forgotten Organ
In the 1700s, it was felt that it somehow regulated fetal and neonatal pulmonary function and became known as the organ of vicarious respiration in several articles.
In 1777, William Hewson was the first to correctly identify the thymus gland as some sort of modified lymph gland and in 1832 Sir Astley Cooper devoted a whole book to the anatomy of the thymus gland which contained detailed cadaveric dissections.
A capsule surrounds the developing thymus and maintains the gland in close association with the parietal pericardium, which is key in it decent to the mediastinum.
www.bcm.edu /oto/grand/112003.htm   (4259 words)

  
 Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
But one day she went outside the wall and he got hold of the key and refused to give it back to her and swept her off to Gretna Green where they were married.
My brother (Peter) told me that Theodora had told him that the Earl had once gone into a stable where a stallion had gone berserk and with the touch of his hand on the stallion's neck had stopped its roaring and bucking.
Susan adds that she inherited a copy of this Valentine Greene mezzotint engraving, of Louisa Manners from Theodora Astley Cooper.
www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/dysartmanners.htm   (793 words)

  
 Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy. F   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ashley Cooper KEY, joined a small British force (GORGON, PHILOMEL and DOLPHIN) which was sent up the Uruguay River to protect foreign nationals during the fighting between Argentina and Uruguay.
KEY to occupy the batteries and spike the guns.
They were discovered by a party of English turtle hunters who immediately returned to Honduras with the news, and the people there, although poor, sent two brigs to their relief and carried the survivors, about 30O were still alive, to Port Royal.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /F.HTM   (19571 words)

  
 Astley Cooper - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
Astley David Middleton Cooper is Often Known For:
Ashley David Cooper was a famous San Jose, California artist and bon vivant, who chronicled the passing of the frontier with canvases of grand style.
He thumbed his nose at upper crust society and, leading a Bohemian life style, paid his bar bills with his paintings of nudes.
www.askart.com /artist/C/astley_david_middleton_cooper.asp?ID=6871   (1385 words)

  
 Epidermal Fat Graft and Its Applications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The need of reconstructing certain areas of the human body, aiming at the patient's curing above all circumstances and avoiding functional complications and major disturbances of aesthetical character, has been a constant stimulation for the research of new methods.
The skin grafting history, in general, corroborates the fact that this technique has been applied since a long time ago, making possible, after sucessive evolutions, the utilization of the epidermal-adipose graft (EDG) in the characteristic procedures of nowadays and with knowledge of macroscopic and microscopic details.
In 1817 Astley Cooper performed a grafting in an amputed thumb to cover the stump, determining the first human skin successful grafting.
www.cirurgiaplastica.org.br /revista/indice/vol12_n2/epidermogorduroso/english.html   (2735 words)

  
 William Loney RN - Background
The surrender of Libau (modern Liepaja) in the Baltic on 17 May 1854 to Captains Astley Cooper Key and Arthur Cumming, later Captain of HMS Glasgow when William Loney served in that ship.
The loss of the Eurydice ; this 26 gun frigate, in which Edward Loney served in 1855, was later converted to a training-ship for ordinary seamen, and foundered with the loss of more than 350 lives on 24 March 1878 in a squall off the Isle of Wight; report from the Times.
A key to the " Naval and Military Intelligence " columns of the "Times" newspaper for the periode 1840 to 1894
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 key sir astley cooper - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word key sir astley cooper :
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "key sir astley cooper" is defined.
KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [ home, info ]
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 Dead Bodies in American Society and Law, 1800-1860   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sir Astley Cooper's testimony before the Committee on Anatomy of Parliament called such resurrectionists "the lowest dregs of degradation." Some historians retained such distinctions in later narratives, with medical men representing "the highest type of medical chivalry and intellectual culture...
Indeed, Cooper, who was called the "King of the Resurrectionists," boasted to the same Committee on Anatomy that he could obtain any body he wished to dissect - whenever he wished.
State (1841): "The offense does not consist merely in the removal of a dead body, but in its removal without the consent of such deceased person obtained in his or her lifetime, or of the near relatives of the deceased since his or her death." Meanwhile Commonwealth v.
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 AIM25: King's College London College Archives: BURGESS, Frederick Josiah (fl 1831-1838)
He acted as dresser to Mr Bransby Cooper, and then became private surgeon to CRM Talbot.
On his return to England he became assistant to Robert Smith, surgeon in Bishop's Waltham, and took on the practice as surgeon in 1838.
Scope and content/abstract : Printed booklet containing testimonials of Frederick J Burgess, Surgeon, Bishop's Waltham, 1838, a number of which are from physicians and surgeons of Guy's Hospital including Bransby Cooper, William Back, Charles Ashton Key, J Callaway, Richard Bright, Thomas Addison, Samuel Ashwell, Sir Astley Cooper, John Morgan and Thomas Hodgkin.
www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/6/5521.htm   (295 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1033
She married, thirdly, Lt.-Col. Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson, son of Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield and Evelyn Maud Keppel, on 12 May 1955.
She married, fourthly, Lt.-Col. Eric Astley Cooper-Key, son of Captain Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key, on 29 July 1959.
She and Lt.-Col. Eric Astley Cooper-Key were divorced in 1967.
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 Kirkpatrick family: Index
ASTLEY, JOAN (marriage to Reginald Grey 3rd Baron of Ruthin) (i575)
KEY, JOSEPH (marriage to Mary Thomas.) (i121), b.1839-d.1910
KEY, JOSEPH (marriage to Sarah Brokenshire) (i123), b.1796-
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 Maritime Underwater Nautical Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kerr, James Lennox, Great storm; being the authentic story of the loss at sea of the Princess Victoria and other vessels early in 1953.
Key, Astley Cooper, Sir, 1847, Narrative of the recovery of H.
Keys, Richard E., The sailing ships of Aln and Coquet : a record of the sailing ships of the Rivers Aln and Coquet from 1830 to 1896.
www.munarchaeology.com /munarchaeology/bib/k.htm   (1281 words)

  
 Commonwealth Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
John Astley Cooper proposed sports and cultural gatherings for English speaking nations in 1891.
In 1911 sport competitions were part of the Festival of the Empire in London, England, in which athletes from England, Canada, South Africa and Australasia (Australia and New Zealand combined) took part.
The Union has refused to do any work in the park since 2002, and until a promise was made in writing that the rest of the park would be protected.
www.internationalgames.net /commonwe.htm   (10086 words)

  
 City of the Silent - Timeline of Death - The Romantic and Industrial Eras
Sir Astley Cooper boasts to a select committee that he can procure any body he wishes to dissect, regardless of their station in life.
Positivist Pierre Lafitte declares cemeteries to be one of "the basic institutions of any society." He goes on to become a key defender of the nineteenth century's cult of the dead.
Archaeologists excavating the cemetery at Domatilla, in Rome, open the tomb of the eunuch martyrs Nereus and Achilleus and find it empty.
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 Kent Genealogy Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
This forum is for KFHS members and visitors to exchange information on matters relating to family history with relevance to Kent (UK)
Would anyone know where Major Astley Langrishe COOPER-KEY, was buried in Canterbury, KENT, UK.
If anyone has any info, I would be most grateful if you could mail me.
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 HickokSports.com - History - General Sports Questions & Answers
The idea that grew into the present Commonwealth Games came from Sir Astley Cooper, who in 1891 proposed a "Pan-Brittanic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival," patterned after the ancient Olympics, to be held every four years.
Nothing came of the idea until 1911, when the Inter-Empire Championships were held as part of a festival honoring the coronation of King George V. There were plans to stage such games every four years, but World War I wiped out the idea.
What were some key sporting events during the Renaissance age?
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