First successful endoscopic treatments
In 1865, the Dublin urologist, Francis Richard Cruise introduced an improved version of Desmoreaux's endoscope.
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Cruise also altered the lens system using a binocular device by dividing his lens apparatus into two separate systems; one part was used as the reflecting module, while another concave lens was set up specifically to focus the light more intensely onto the field of view.
Cruise was considered the most successful endoscopist of his time performing some of the world’s first endoscopic treatments successfully in living patients. Cruise claimed to have been performed one of the world’s first endoscopically-assisted urethrotomies with full visualization.
Using his newly improved endoscope, Cruise could, for the first time, also diagnose diseases of the bladder such as tumours.
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A recent photograph, courtesy of the Manchester Medical School
Courtesy of Geoff Willis and Manchester Medical School
A short video about the Cruise endoscope
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