History of Urology. Prepared under the Auspices of the American Urological Association

The development of urology as a speciality in Britain

“…The American pioneer urologist W.N. Wishard (cited in [ 3]) recorded that when in 1886 he applied for a post at the Medical College of Indiana the professor was astonished to hear that he wished to limit himself to surgical urology, commenting ‘you will be nothing but a respectable venerealist’. In the USA this association was no deterrent.…”

“…Felix Guyon was appointed to a Chair in the University of Paris in 1890, the first of a long line of distinguished professors. In the USA [ 3] there were already signs of specialization when Van Buren of New York was allotted a genito‐urinary service in the Bellevue Hospital in 1866 and became the titular clinical professor of genito‐urinary diseases, soon to be followed by E.L. Keyes of the same city. Important academic centres were soon established in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and San Francisco [ 4].…”