Section Presidents (20th Century)
The titles of individual Presidents' addresses are shown below each image; click on any "view" link (where shown) to read the text of the address or click the image for further biographical information from other sources (where available)
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1920 - 1921
Sir Peter Freyer

"Modern progress in urinary surgery" ... view
1921 - 1922
Sir Thomas Horder

"On the medical aspects of some urinary diseases" ... view
1922 - 1923
Sir John Thompson-Walker

"Relation of calcified abdominal glands to urinary surgery" ... view
1923 - 1924
Sir Walter Langdon-Brown

"The influence of the endocrines on the work of the kidney" ... view
1924 - 1925
Cyril Nitch

"Renal tuberculosis" ... view
1925 - 1926
Jocelyn Swan

"Some reflections upon villous-covered tumours of the urinary bladder" ... view
1926 - 1927
Sir William Girling Ball

"Some anatomical factors in urinary infections" ... view
1927 - 1928
Frank Kidd

"Observations on purpura of the urinary tract" ... view
1928 - 1929
John Swift Joly

"The formation of urinary calculi" ... view
1929 - 1930
Frank Jeans

"Urological statistics as a criterion of progress" ... view
1930 - 1931
Sydney MacDonald

"The results of partial resection of the bladder for carcinoma" ... view
1931 - 1932
Ralph Thompson

"Some points in connection with the successful issue of simple prostatectomy" ... view
1932 - 1933
Sir Hugh Lett

No address details available
1933 - 1934
Clifford Morson

"The relationship between genito-urinary haemorrhage and diseases of the vascular system" ... view
1934 - 1935
JB Macalpine

"The musculature of the bladder-neck of the male in health and disease" ... view
1935 - 1936
Ronald Ogier Ward

No address details available
1936 - 1937
Bernard Ward

"Total cystectomy with transplantation of the ureters into the pelvic colon for malignant growth of the urinary bladder" ... view
1937 - 1938
Sir Henry Wade

"Vesical exclusion" ... view
1938 - 1939
Horace Winsbury-White

"Some interesting features concerning 455 personal cases of urinary calculus" ... view
1939 - 1940
John Everidge

"Nephro-ureterectomy" ... view
1940 - 1941
TEW Hammond

"Genital tuberculosis in the male" ... view
1941 - 1942
George Neligan
1942 - 1943
Harry Attwater

"The history of urethral stricture" ... view
1943 - 1944
Sir Eric Riches

"Paralysis of the bladder" ... view
1944 - 1945
Farquhar Loughnane

"Genital tuberculosis" ... view
1945 - 1946
A Wilfred Adams

"A consideration of uretero-colic Union and some experiences in the operation" ... view
1946 - 1947
RHOB Robinson

"Some problems of renal lithiasis" ... view
1947 - 1948
Walter Galbraith

"Modern trends in prostatic surgery" ... view
1948 - 1949
Terence Millin

"The ureter, the gynaecologist and the urologist" ... view
1949 - 1950
Charles Wells

"Studies in chronic retention" ... view
1950 - 1951
Alex E Roche

"Reflections on nephrectomy" ... view
1951 - 1952
Arthur Jacobs

"Uretero-intestinal anastomosis: observations on technique and end-results with a review of 138 personal cases" ... view
1952 - 1953
JG Yates-Bell

"Hydronephrosis" ... view
1953 - 1954
Hugh Donovan

"Malignant cachexia" ... view
1954 - 1955
Victor Dix

No address details available
1955 - 1956
David Band

"The management of genito-urinary tuberculosis in the special hospital" ... view
1956 - 1957
Cuthbert Dukes

"Behind the scenes in urology" ... view
1957 - 1958
Leslie Pyrah

"The calcium-containing renal stone" ... view
1958 -1959
Alec Badenoch

"Injuries of the ureter" ... view
1959 - 1960
Dennis Poole Wilson

"Occupational tumours of the bladder" ... view
1960 - 1961
Sir Marriott Fawckner-Nicholls

"Renal tumours" - not published
1961 - 1962
JC Anderson

"Hydronephrosis: fourteen years' survey of results" ... view
1962 - 1963
JD Fergusson

"Some aspects of the conservative management of prostate cancer" ... view
1963 - 1964
Willie Mack

"Ruminations on the testis" ... view
1964 - 1965
Howard Hanley

"The development of urology" ... view
1965 - 1966
Ashton Miller

"'Cystitis" in the female" ... view
1966 - 1967
FR Kilpatrick

"Horseshoe kidneys" ... view
1967 - 1968
WH Graham

"Injuries to the urogenital tract" ... view
1968 - 1969
Thomas Moore

"Urology yesterday, today and tomorrow" ... view
1969 - 1970
Sir David Innes Williams

"The ureter, the urologist and the paediatrician" . view
1970 - 1971
RA Mogg

"Medicina Cambriensis: a changing scene ... view
1971 - 1972
John Swinney

"Experience and experiment" - not published
1972 - 1973
David M Wallace

"New lamps for old" - not published
1973 - 1974
John P Mitchell

"Optical criteria of urological endoscopes" - not published
1974 - 1975
Gerald C Tressider

"Male fertility" - not published
1975 - 1976
William Barr Stirling

"Urologia glasguensis" - not published
1976 - 1977
Roger Pugh

"A pathologist's perlustration" - not published
1977 - 1978
John Withycombe

"Microcosmos Urologicus" - not published
1978 - 1979
High Kinder

"Retroperitoneal fibrosis" ... view
1979 - 1980
Norman Slade

"Postoperative urinary tract infections in urology and gynaecology: a review" ... view
1980 - 1981
James Gow

"Urological co-operatives" ... view
1981 - 1982
Kenneth Owen

"Urology à la mode" - not published
1982 - 1983
John Hopewell

"Prostatectomy" - not published
1984 - 1985
John Wickham

"Urology in the year 2000" - not published
1985 - 1986
Alan Green

"A licence to practise" ... view
1986 - 1987
Joe Smith

"The urological Damocles" ... view
1987 - 1988
John Vinnicombe

"Water under the bridge" - not published
1988 - 1989
Robert Williams

"The seat of cause" - not published
1989 - 1990
John P Williams

"A diminishing stream" - not published
1990 - 1991
Michael Handley Ashken

"The changing fellowships" - not published
1991 - 1992
Wyndham Lloyd-Davies
1992 - 1993
Brian Peeling

"Sunset dreams - the history of the hospitals in Newport" - not published
1993 - 1994
Forbes Abercrombie

"Veritas" - not published
1994 - 1995
Bill Hendry

"Iatrogenic damage to male reproductive function" ... view
1995 - 1996
Roger Feneley

"The place of research in urological training" - not published
1996 - 1997
Richard Notley

"A safari in Africa" - not published
1997 - 1998
Peter Worth

"Swimming against the tide" - not published
1998 - 1999
Clive Gingell

"Go with the flow" - not published
1999 - 2000
John Boyd

"The making of a urologist" - not published
In the later years shown above, the Presidents' addresses have become less scientific presentation and more an opportunity to entertain; as a result, few of them have subsequently been put forward for publication in scientific journals
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