[Andres Vesalio, Francisco Díaz, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and the birth of urology in the 16th Century].
In the sixteenth century there were great advances in science, literature, and the arts. During this century, urology as a specialty was conceived, thanks to the contributions of Andreas Vesalius, anatomist and leading physician to the court of Charles V, and Dr. Francisco Diaz, a native of Alcala de Henares, surgeon and clinician. Dr. Diaz had a close relationship with Miguel de Cervantes, who at one point in his life suffered from renal colic. In his masterpiece "Re-Printed Treaty of all diseases of the kidneys, bladder and wattles of the Cock and Urina, divided into three books," of which the first book of urology is the History of Medicine, describes in detail the clinical and therapeutic aspects of urological diseases, known as the "bad stone" and urethral strictures known as "wattles", in addition to describing the different surgical techniques and the development of new instruments for urological procedures, which include the cisorio instrument and the Speculum pudendi. For the above, Dr. Francisco Diaz is considered the father of urology.
Academia Nacional de Medicina, Academia Mexicana de Cirugía, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Médica Sur, México, D.F., México.
Raúl
R
Carrillo Esper
Servicio de Urología, Hospital General de México, Mèxico. D.F., México.
Luis Daniel
LD
Carrillo Córdova
Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México, D.F., México.
Dulce María
DM
Carrillo Córdova
Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México, D.F., México.
Carlos Alberto
CA
Carrillo Córdova
Servicio de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzàlez, México, D.F., México.
Jorge Raúl
JR
Carrillo Córdova
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