History of Urology archive for 2019

The obstructing prostate, from John Hunter’s book Venereal Disease illustration

The running gleet: why venereal disease is so important to the history of urology

5 November 2019 | | Infection, 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). You might say that genitourinary infectious disease is a part of urology, but...

James Swain’s demonstration of the relative densities of different stones on x-ray

Early British pioneers of urological imaging

1 September 2019 | | Uroradiology, 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). In this article I am joined by Gavin Gordon of Newcastle University whose...

Stamp showing William Harvey released in the USSR in 1978.

William Harvey – Not All Heart!

1 July 2019 | | Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology

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). I expect you will have heard of William Harvey (1578-1657) the 17th Century...

The influences on Sir Henry Thompson

1 March 2019 | | Endourology and Stones, 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). In the second history column I wrote for Urology News, way back in...

Thomas Molyneux and the lost bodkin

1 January 2019 | | Endourology and Stones, 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). In an earlier article we looked at one of the medals in the...