60000BC - 3200BC
Magic, spirits & herbs
4000BC - 1531BC
A history on cuneiforms
2800BC
Vedas & urethral strictures
2100BC - 100BC
Re-balancing yin and yang
1800BC - 900
Religion, ritual & science
1000BC
Hippocrates & his oath
753BC - 554
Influenced by Europe & Asia
600BC - 1258
Major work in ophthalmology
260BC - 100
Hebrew medicine & the Bible
Julius Caesar ?
100BC - 44BC
Roman general, statesman, Consul and author
Only two instruments needed
Blind surgery for bladder stones
For opening a perineal wound
For dilating the perineal wound
Graduated dilators for strictures
Lollipop handles & olive tips
Aggressive stricture treatment
From Neolithic to modern times
From Duchamp to present times
... but probably should have been
1st Century AD
Double curved for males
476 - 1060
Still poorly understood
500 - 1500
Galen and the four "humors"
900 - 1800
Taoist & Confucian ideals
930 - 1880
The first renal stone surgery
936 - 1928
From Ammonius to present day lasers
Black Death ?
1348 - 1350
Killed 6 out of 10 Londoners
1520
Incontinence, fistula & impotence
Elizabeth I ?
1533 - 1603
The Virgin Queen
1561 - 1723
Cheselden's forte
1600 - 1699
Harvey to van Leeuwenhoek
1600
As used by Frère Jacques
1609 - 1690
Skilled lithotomist who operated on Samuel Pepys
1651 - 1714
The stonecutter Frère Jacques
1678 - 1747
Founder of the French Royal Academy of Surgery
1688 - 1752
Protagonist of suprapubic stone removal
1692 - 1774
18th Century quack or medical pioneer?
1700 - 1799
John Hunter & new hospitals
1722 - 1789
The first comparative anatomist
1723 - 1733
Professor of Physic in Dublin
1726 - 1789
Used quinine to treat malaria
1771 - 2003
An early "stone" hospital
1793 - 1844
For removing catheter fragments
19th Century AD
For dilating urethral strictures
19th Century AD
One of his many instruments
19th Century AD
Suprapubic drainage device
1800 - 1899
"The age of agony"
1802 - 1871
"The Best Stone Surgeon in the North of Scotland"
1807
From candlelight to xenon & laser light
1811 - 1870
Belgian by birth but worked in Holland and France
Queen Victoria ?
1819 - 1901
1820 - 1904
Extraordinary polymath and expert urethral stone surgeon
1830 - 1975
From Guthrie to HoLEP
1831 - 1920
All the urologists of the world were his pupils
1834 - 1912
Performed the first successful endoscopic treatments
1836
Bladder pain syndrome
1837 - 1908
Expert in Bigelow's litholapaxy operation
1839
Pioneer of barotrauma research
1846 - 1890
Performed UK's first retropubic prostatectomy
1850 - 1945
A link between Victorian & modern urology
1852 - 1921
Popularised litholapaxy & transvesical prostatectomy
1853 - 1939
Well known for his writings on rectal and urinary surgery
1853 - 1924
The first to use an electric light bulb to illuminate the human bladder
1855
Cuts strictures forward
1856 - 1944
One of the earliest adopters of the cystoscope
1859 - 1934
Founder of All Saints Hospital
1860 - 1912
Cuban-born and nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1912
1860 - 1992
Helped by an anonymous donation
1865
First successful endoscopic treatments
1865 - 2009
From Cruise to the present
1868 - 2000
The first kidneys were removed by mistake
1869
Invented by a French Cardiologist
1869
"A safe and practical method .... of tapping the bladder"
1870 - 1945
Radical prostatectomist & "father of American urology"
1871 - 1937
First urologist to perform retrograde ureterography
1876 - 1944
Irish-born surgeon with lifelong interest in stones
1876 - 1938
Pioneer in papillary bladder tumours
1878 - 1934
Co-founder of the British Journal of Urology in 1929
1880
Modification of Bigelow's extractor
1881 - 1975
Pioneered radiotherapy for cancer of the urinary tract
1882 - 1960
First to describe occupational bladder cancer in the UK
1882 - 1965
First female BAUS member
1884 - 1956
Identified Barrington's nucleus
1885 - 1961
An expert in urethral strictures
1886 - 1971
Highly-decorated soldier and first President of BAUS
1886 - 1904
Urologist & polymath
1886
The first urology association
1887 - 1920
First performed by McGill
1887 - 1997
First described by Skene
1889 - 1960
Adviser on the development of the NHS
1889 - 1962
Co-founder of the British Journal of Urology
1890 - 1976
Known for his classification of cancer of the rectum
1890 - 1909
Still used in urological surgery
1894
Congress held in Rome
1895 - 1985
A founder member of BAUS
1896 - 1973
A founder member and, later, President of BAUS
1897 - 1987
Described a popular new cystoscope and attachments
1898 - 1992
Initially in Red Lion Square
1899 - 1974
Widely recognised as "the father of urology in Glasgow"
1899
Treatment of strictures
1900 - 1999
The emergence of the speciality
1900 - 1980
Instruments of Philip Clark and Leslie Pyrah
1901 - 1988
An original, founder member of the Council of BAUS
1902 - 1973
Surgeon to the French Resistance
1903 - 1980
Expert in retropubic prostatectomy & TURP
1903 - 1966
Early advocate of the prostatic punch
1904 - 1945
Popularised by Hugh Hampton Young
1904
Designed at the Mayo Clinic
1905
Chronic periaortitis; Ormond's disease
1906 - 1926
Cancer surgeon & urologist
1906 - 1975
Radiotherapy pioneer
1907
Brainchild of Felix Guyon
1907
Single sheath; multiple instruments
1908 - 1970
Expert in male infertility and renal tuberculosis
1909
16th Congress, held in Budapest
1910 - 1934
Founder of the GU Dept at The London Hospital
1911 - 1980
VRD, MCh, FRCS
1911 - 1986
Founded by Edward Canny Ryall
1912 - 1945
First President of BAUS
1915 - 1945
Awarded the Military Cross for bravery
Battle of the Somme ?
1916
60,000 lost on the first day
1917 - 1921
Lithotomist & prostatectomist
1917 - 1983
The instruments of David Gwyn Morris
1918
Leicester Urologist who won the VC
1919 - 2013
BAUS President
1919
Designed by Hugh Hampton Young
1919
Won the 1913 Grand Prix & Gold Medal
1919 - 2013
MD, MChir, FRCS
1919 - 2013
Obituary by Chris Woodhouse, Emeritus Professor in Adolescent Urology
1920 - 1992
Institution for venereal disease
1920
Urology Section formed in 1920
1925 - 2020
CBE, DSc, DM, MCh, FRCP, FRCS, FACS, FRACS Hon
1925 - 2020
Obituary by Chris Chapple & Jonathan Goddard
1926 - 1934
Britain's first endourologist
1927 - 2011
MA, DM, FRCS, FACS
1927 - 2020
Obituary by Prof Christopher Chapple
1928 - 2024
Obituary by Adrian Joyce, Emeritus Consultant Urologist, Leeds
1929 - 2017
A "godfather" of robotic surgery
1930 - 1980
Based on the Stern-Davies-McCarthy model
1932
Rack-and-pinion mechanism
1932 - 2005
Reed Nesbit & John Blandy
1932 - 2025
Obituary notice from BAUS
1933
French Urologist with an interest in testicular cancer
1938
First "modern" resectoscope
1938 - 2012
Obituary by Justin Vale, Consultant Urological Surgeon
World War II Begins ?
1939
Hitler invades Poland
1940
Innovative angled viewing
1940 - 1945
A later model of an 1899 invention
1941 - 1981
Re-discovered in the 1970s
1942 - 2021
Obituary by Derek Fawcett, past-President of BAUS
Cold War ?
1945 - 1990
Cuba, Vietnam, Hungary & the Berlin Wall
World War II Ends ?
1945
Hitler dies and Japan surrenders
1945 - 1989
The career of Terence Millin
1945 - 1971
First President of BAUS
1945 - 2025
The foundation & history of BAUS (by Jonathan Goddard)
1945 - 2025
Huge changes in management over 80 years (by the Museum staff)
1945 - 2025
The "silly operation" which became routine (by the Museum staff & Tom McNicholas, Stevenage)
1946 - 1975
Radiotherapy pioneer
1947 - 1960
Described occupational bladder cancer
1947
Dedicated to Willie Mack
1948 - 2015
Teaching Hospital urologists
1948 - 1984
Key publications
1949 - 1960
Astute medical politician
1949
A gift from Sir Eric Riches
1949
8th Congress in Barcelona
1949 - 2014
Obituary by Mark Speakman, Consultant Urological Surgeon & Past-President of BAUS
1950 - 1977
Originally introduced by Young in the USA
1951 - 1987
Designer of an integrated cystoscope
1952
9th Congress in New York
1952 - 2021
Notification by colleagues at Basildon Hospital
1952 - 2023
Obituary by Stephen Mitchell, Consultant Urological Surgeon
1953 - 2013
Elected President for 2012-14, Unable to accede due to ill health
1953 - 1980
Expert in retropubic prostatectomy
1953 - 2013
Obituary by Adrian Joyce, Consultant Urological Surgeon & Past-President of BAUS
1953 - 2025
Invaluable contributions to urological practice (by the Museum staff)
1954 - 2015
Obituary by Stuart Lloyd, Consultant Urological Surgeon
1955
The first standardised cystoscope
1955 - 1973
Founder member of BAUS
1955 - 1961
Presented to Clifford Morson
1957
First standardised telescope
1957 - 1974
Father of urology in Glasgow
1957 - 2023
Obituary by Steve Payne
1958
11th Congress in Stockholm
1958 - 2022
Obituary by Suzie Venn & Peter Thomas
1959 - 2021
A notification from the BAUS Office
1960 - 2016
First proposed by Einstein in 1917
1961 - 1963
CBE, ChM, FRCS
1961 - 2018
Obituary by his colleagues at Freeman Hospital
1962
Awarded by the New York Academy of Medicine
1962 - 2021
Comments from the funeral Order of Service
1965 - 1967
CBE, MCh, FRCS
1967 - 2020
Obituary by Ms Jhumur Pati, Consultant Urological Surgeon
1967 - 1992
Home of the Institute of Urology
1970
Hopkins rod lens system
1970 - 1979
Chaucer's Physician
1970
For washing out clots
1972 - 1974
MD, FRCS, FACS
1972
The "Bible" for history
1973
Labour of love by John Herman
1977 - 2025
Leicester General Hospital
1978 - 1980
TD, MS, FRCS, FRCSEd
1986 - 1988
ChM, FRCS, FRCSEd
1986
A gift from the President of the CAU
1990 - 1992
MD, ChM, FRCSEd, FRCS
1990 - 2011
Pioneering functional & reconstructive urologist
1994
Devised by the York Herald
1994
The EAU's History Journal
1995
Issued at the 1995 meeting
1995
The 25th Annual Meeting in Gdansk
1997
A great resource on historical instruments
1998 - 2000
FRCSEd, FRCSGlas
1999 - 2019
By Cathy Corbishley
2000 - 2002
MCh, FRCSI, FRCSGlas, FRCS, FC Urol SA
2004 - 2006
MD, FRCS, FEBU
2006 - 2008
MS, FRCP, FRCS
2009 - 2019
by Duncan Summerton
2010
From the EAU History Section
2010 - 2019
By Malcolm Lucas
2011 - 2023
Articles on the history of urology
2013
From the Junior Curator
2014
By The Junior Curator
2015
Under the museum stairs
2016 - 2018
MB BCh FRCSI FRCS Urol
2016
Surgical stories from around the world
2018 - 2020
BSc MB ChB FRCSEng FRCSEd FRCS Urol
Centenary of 1918 Armistice ?
2018
10,000 people at the Cenotaph
2018
from Mary Garthwaite, Curator and former Consultant Urological Surgeon (March 2022)
2019
Please read carefully before making any submission
2019
Instructions on preparing & submitting digital images
2020 - 2022
BM BCh MA DM FRCS Urol
2022 - 2024
MB BS BMedSci PhD FRCS Urol
2023
Celebrating an anniversary
2024 - 2026
BMedSci BM BS FRCS Urol