title: Historical update.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: de Vries
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States