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Cowper, William (medicine)


Cowper, William
<person> B. Petersfield, Hampshire (Arlesford, according to Cole), in 1666. D. Bishop's Sutton, Mar. 8th, 1709. Was a London Surgeon who published his anatomical works in sumptuous fashion and was one of the first anatomists to dissect a marsupial. Elected F.R.S., 1698. Was much in-debted to the work of Bidloo which he failed to acknowledge.

Cowper's Glands - glandulae bulbo-urethrales. These glands had been described previously (1684) by Mery.

Lived: 1666-1709.