Download your copy of De Historia Vol. 28

Congress delegates are entitled to a free digital copy of Volume 28 of De Historia Urologiae Europaeae. This 192-page volume on the history of our field will make fine summer reading. It features two extra-long chapters with the first English translation of a newly-discovered consilium by renaissance anatomist Vesalius and an impressive overview of the history of urethral stricture disease by a leader of the field. Please find a complete table of contents below.

This digital edition is a Congress Gift for the EAU21 Virtual Congress. Physical copies will be available when the next regular Annual Congress takes place, together with Volume 27 (EAU20) and future volumes.

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Table of Contents

The History of Urology

  • Parsifal: The Story of Geoffrey Parker, British Urologist and Surgeon to the French Resistance
    Jasmine Winyard and Jonathan Charles Goddard
  • St. Cosmas and St. Damian’s Role in Urology
    Marcos Cherem-Kibrit and Jorge Moreno-Palacios

Special Extended Chapters

  • A History of the Treatment of Urethral Stricture Disease
    Anthony R. Mundy
  • The ‘Consilium’ by Andreas Vesalius for Bernhardus of Augsburg, a Nobleman with Recurrent Urinary Problems (Padua, October 12, 1538)
    Omer Steeno, Maurits Biesbrouck and Theodoor Goddeeris

Urological Pioneers

  • Michele Troja: Enlightenment Scientist, and the “Urology Chair” at the University of Naples in the 18th Century
    Renato Jungano and Gloria Castagnolo
  • Friedrich August von Haken (1833-1888): His Contribution to the Development of Endoscopy
    Thaddaeus Zajaczkowski