Astley P. C. Ashhurst Explained

Astley P. C. Ashhurst
Birth Name:	Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst
Birth Date:	August 21, 1876
Death Date:	September 19, 1932 (aged 56)
Spouse:	Anna P. Campbell (m. 1930)
Occupation:	Surgeon

Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (August 21, 1876 – September 19, 1932) was an American surgeon and medical historian. In 1905, as a young surgeon, he observed Peter Freyer perform a suprapubic prostatectomy in London. He later co-authored the Textbook on Surgery with John B. Deaver.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Zorgniotti, Adrian W. Chapter 7. Suprapubic prostatectomy: An Anglo-Indian success story in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy edited by Frank Hinman. Springer-Verlag, New York (1983), pp. 51-54; .
2. Crossan. Edward T.. March 1933. Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst, M.D., 1876–1932. Annals of Surgery. 97. 3. 474–475. 0003-4932. 1391844. 17866947. 10.1097/00000658-193303000-00012.
3. Web site: Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst. Wellcome Library. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191105172101/https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b3063040x . 2019-11-05 . November 5, 2019.
4. Web site: Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst Papers, 1895, 1904-1933, 1963, undated. dla.library.upenn.edu. November 5, 2019.