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Germany. His lectures on general 

 pathology continue a standard work. 

 He died at the early age of 45. 



Goiter. — See Koyter. 



Colles, Abraham.— An Irish surgeon, born 

 at IMilmount, near Kilkenny, in 1773 ; 

 died at Dublin in 1843. The deep layer 

 of the superficial perineal fascia is 

 named fascia of Colles. Probably his 

 name is more often spoken by our pro- 

 fession than that of any other surgeon 

 by reason of the very common fracture 

 of the lower end of the radius, and 

 named for him Colles' fracture. 



Cooper, Sir Astley Paston. — An English 

 surgeon, born at Brooke, in Norfolk, 

 in 1768; died in London in 1841. The 

 ligament of Cooper near the external 

 abdominal ring is named for him. He 

 was the most eminent surgeon of his 

 day. He was surgeon to Guy's and 

 St. Thomas's hospitals in London, and 

 ordinary surgeon to George IV, and 

 Queen Victoria. He was a fertile 

 author, and a daring operator. In 1801 

 he performed the first paracentesis of 

 the membrana tympani, and in 181 7 

 ligated the abdominal aorta, the patient 

 surviving forty-eight hours. 



Corti, Matthieu An Italian anatomist, 



born 1495 ; died 1564. The name of 

 Corti is associated with a study of the 

 minute structure of the internal ear, — 

 organ of Corti, rods of Corti, etc. 



Cotugno, Domenico. — Better known as 

 Cotunnius ; an Italian anatomist born at 

 Ruvo, in Naples, in 1736; died at 



