title: [Antonin Jean Desormeaux].
abstract: Antonin Jean Desormeaux was the first to regularly perform optical examination of the male urethra. He advanced the knowledge of urethral disease and the treatment of urethral strictures and paved the way for the development of endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: nicleger@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Léger
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000266:history; D020709:Ureteroscopes / Q000266:history; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history