title: Anecdotes and "serendipities" in American urology: Hugh Hampton Young.
abstract: Short review of the life and achievements of Hugh Hampton Young, inventor, supporter of the arts, great surgeon and teacher and innovator. A urologist by accident, he became the father of American Urology and influenced the growth of his chosen profession across the globe.
authors.affiliation: Assoc. Prof. Urology emeritus, Johns Hopkins. Curator, Wm. P. Didusch Center for Urologic History. Linthicum. USA.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D013781:Texas; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history*