A History of 'bladder' in Urology: 
    
    
        
    
    
        
            
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1609 - 1690
                        Skilled lithotomist who operated on Samuel Pepys
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1688 - 1752
                        Protagonist of suprapubic stone removal
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1820 - 1904
                        Extraordinary polymath and expert urethral stone surgeon
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1834 - 1912
                        Performed the first successful endoscopic treatments 
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1st Century AD
                        Double curved for males
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        19th Century AD
                        For dilating urethral strictures
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1852 - 1921
                        Popularised litholapaxy & transvesical prostatectomy
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1878 - 1934
                        Co-founder of the British Journal of Urology in 1929
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1890 - 1976
                        Known for his classification of cancer of the rectum
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1899 - 1974
                        Widely recognised as "the father of urology in Glasgow"
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1908 - 1970
                        Expert in male infertility and renal tuberculosis
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        753BC - 554
                        Influenced by Europe & Asia
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        Only two instruments needed
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1561 - 1723
                        Cheselden's forte
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1807
                        From candlelight to xenon & laser light
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1836
                        Bladder pain syndrome
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        936 - 1928
                        From Ammonius to present day lasers
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1911 - 1986
                        Founded by Edward Canny Ryall
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1771 - 2003
                        An early "stone" hospital
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1880
                        Modification of Bigelow's extractor
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1876 - 1938
                        Pioneer in papillary bladder tumours
                     
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        1887 - 1997
                        First described by Skene