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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

On the anatomy and diseases of the neck of the bladder, and of the urethra.

Publication Details

London: Burgess & Hill, 1834 CE.

Guthrie was the first to describe non-prostatic obstruction at the neck of the bladder. On p. 252 of the above work is an account of Guthrie’s prostatic catheter for use in trans-urethral prostatectomy.

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Entry Number#4167
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5986
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLon-the-anatomy-and-diseases-of-the-neck-of-the-bladder-and-of-the-urethra

Geographic Context

Publication place: London