Jonathan Charles Goddard

Curator of the Museum of Urology, hosted by BAUS; Consultant Urological Surgeon

Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.

History of Urology – Section Editor

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Image showing first page of Tratado nuevamente impresso de todas las enfermedades de los riñones, vexiga y las carnosidades de la verga y urina, printed in Madrid in 1588.

Francisco Díaz (1527-1590), forefather of urology

4 March 2024 | | Technological Developments

In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). We often talk about urology being the oldest surgical specialty and discuss the...

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Urologist in a chocolate box: Felix Guyon

8 January 2024 | | Technological Developments

In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). It is not often we get to say someone in urology has something...

Illustration showing Thompson’s microphone sound, from Diseases of the Urinary Organs.

Wax candles, horsewhips and sounding a note

2 November 2023 | | Technological Developments

In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). There are certain instruments we use in urology which carry unusual names; you...