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A History of Urology:

Books & Articles on People in Urology

William Cheselden

1688 - 1752

Protagonist of suprapubic stone removal

Charles Phillips

1811 - 1870

Belgian by birth but worked in Holland and France

Sir Henry Thompson

1820 - 1904

Extraordinary polymath and expert urethral stone surgeon

Ronald Ogier Ward

1886 - 1971

Highly-decorated soldier and first President of BAUS

Sir Peter Freyer

1852 - 1921

Popularised litholapaxy & transvesical prostatectomy

Joaquín María Albarrán y Domínguez

1860 - 1912

Cuban-born and nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1912

Frank Kidd

1878 - 1934

Co-founder of the British Journal of Urology in 1929

Clifford Morson

1881 - 1975

Pioneered radiotherapy for cancer of the urinary tract

Sir Eric Riches

1897 - 1987

Described a popular new cystoscope and attachments

Arthur Jacobs

1899 - 1974

Widely recognised as "the father of urology in Glasgow"

David Band

1901 - 1988

An original, founder member of the Council of BAUS

Victor W Dix

1963 - 1965

FRCS

John Blandy

1927 - 2011

MA, DM, FRCS, FACS

Harry Attwater

1885 - 1961

An expert in urethral strictures

Edwin Beer

1876 - 1938

Pioneer in papillary bladder tumours

Peter Camper

1722 - 1789

The first comparative anatomist

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