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Surgeons and physicians of Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London, with views of the building. Colour lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after Beynon & Company.

Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.

Charles Aston Key. Stipple engraving by F. Holl, 1851, after G. Richmond.

John Bull presented as the Chinese labourer Hoo Loo surrounded by surgeons discussing the removal of his tumor; referring to British political reform. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.

The anatomy and surgical treatment of abdominal hernia. In two parts / By Sir Astley Cooper, bart.

Key, Sir Charles Aston (1793-1849), British surgeon and surgery lecturer.

A short treatise on the section of the prostate gland in lithotomy; with an explanation of a safe and easy method of conducting the operation on the principles of Cheselden / By C. Aston Key.

A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia, on the outside of the sac / by C. Aston Key.

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Key, C. Aston (Charles Aston), 1793-1849

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Key, Sir Charles Aston (1793-1849), British surgeon and surgery lecturer.

A short treatise on the section of the prostate gland in lithotomy; with an explanation of a safe and easy method of conducting the operation on the principles of Cheselden / By C. Aston Key.

A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia, on the outside of the sac / by C. Aston Key.

The anatomy and surgical treatment of abdominal hernia. In two parts / By Sir Astley Cooper, bart.

A short treatise on the section of the prostate gland in lithotomy; with an explanation of a safe and easy method of conducting the operation on the principles of Cheselden / By C. Aston Key.