title: [Charles McBurney's point].
abstract: Appendicitis was first recognised by the American surgeon Fitts in 1886. Three years later, the New York surgeon Charles McBurney (1845-1913) described the location of greatest pain in this condition: '... between an inch and a half and two inches from the anterior spinous process of the ilium on a straight line drawn from that process to the umbilicus'. He also advocated early surgical treatment and described a variety of surgical techniques.
authors.affiliation: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jan@vangijn.com
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Gijn
authors.forename: Joost P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gijselhart
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D004850:Eponyms; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States