Urology and nephrology: etymology of the terms

AbstractEarlier than has been thought, multiple seventeenth- and eighteenth-century authors used the termurologia, perhaps independently, to cover the established science of “the urines”. Two early eighteenth-century authors, Schurig and Fezer, seemingly prepared manuscripts, both most probably lost, with the term in the very title. Mid-nineteenth-century uses reflected growing, especially Anglophone, interest in microscopic urinalysis. Only toward the end of the ni neteenth century didurology take on the sense ofgenito-urinary medicine and surgery. This expanded sense ofurology may be dated back to 1896, specifically the naming of theAssociation fran çaise d’urologie.

Source: International Urology and Nephrology - January 6, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research