| Intro | Surgeon and medical historian |
| Was | Military physician |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type |
Healthcare Military |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 14 February 1881, Kingston upon Hull |
| Death |
28 December 1974, Oxford (aged 93 years) |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS (14 February 1881 – 28 December 1974) was an English physician and surgeon perhaps best known for authoring the book Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute abdomen from 1921 until 1971. The work remains a respected and standard text of general surgery to this day and new editions continue being published by editors long after his death, the most recent one being the 22nd edition, published in 2010.
Cope also wrote widely on the history of medicine and of public dispensaries.[1]