Stones, Space, and Dr. Abraham T. K. Cockett: A History of Urolithiasis and Aerospace Medicine

The history of urolithiasis on Earth began during the stone age (Mesolithic period) with the oldest stone identified (8,500 BCE) in Sicily within the bladder of a cave-dwelling woman.1 The history of stone disease has continued throughout human evolution with calculi being found in both the kidney and the bladder in ancient Homo sapiens.2 Hippocrates (460-370 BCE) recognized stone disease in society and included within the current Hippocratic oath, “I shall not cut for stone,” thus illustrating that urolithiasis is genuinely an ancient disease.
Source: Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research