title: [William Cheselden (1688-1752). On the 300th birthday of the English surgeon].
abstract: On the occasion of his 300th birthday it is remind to the important english surgeon William Cheselden, who has influenced markedly the development of vesicolithotomy. The few known biographical data and the methods of lithotomy commonly used in the 18th century are presented.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik des Bezirkskrankenhauses Hoyerswerda.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hausmann
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: William Cheselden (1688-1752). Zum 300. Geburtstag des englischen Chirurgen.