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Stone Nomenclature and History of Instrumentation for Urinary Stone Disease

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Urinary Stone Disease

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Urology ((CCU))

Abstract

Urinary stone disease has afflicted mankind for millennia. The oldest renal stone on record was described by Shattock in 1905 and was found in an Egyptian mummy in a tomb dating to approx 4400 bc (1). This 1.5-cm calciferous calculi lay beside the first lumbar vertebra. The description of urinary stones has been a process of intense scientific investigation culminating in a burst of activity in the 19th century, when essentially all urinary stones seen commonly today were described and named. The first part of this chapter addresses some history that underlies the current names we use for urinary calculi.

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Master, V.A., Meng, M.V., Stoller, M.L. (2007). Stone Nomenclature and History of Instrumentation for Urinary Stone Disease. In: Stoller, M.L., Meng, M.V. (eds) Urinary Stone Disease. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-972-1_1

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