A History of 'procedure' in Urology: 
    
    
        
    
    
        
            
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1904 - 1945
                        Popularised by Hugh Hampton Young
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1887 - 1920
                        First performed by McGill
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1950 - 1977
                        Originally introduced by Young in the USA
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1830 - 1975
                        From Guthrie to HoLEP
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        Only two instruments needed
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1520
                        Incontinence, fistula & impotence
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1600
                        As used by Frère Jacques
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1561 - 1723
                        Cheselden's forte
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1807
                        From candlelight to xenon & laser light
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1941 - 1981
                        Re-discovered in the 1970s