Arthur Fergusson McGill
Surgeon, Leeds
- Dates
- 1846-1890 (source: BAUS Virtual Museum: Arthur Fergusson McGill dead link )
- Chapters
- IX. The Gland That Stands Before
What the film says
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Operating for a bladder stone in Leeds in 1887, twisted free a lump at the bladder neck that proved to be prostate; two years later showed patients holding their own prostates in jars.
On the timeline
- 24 March 1887: Arthur McGill, operating for bladder stone in Leeds, removes prostatic tissue: the first open prostatectomy in Britain. timeline
- 17 December 1887: McGill performs a complete enucleation of the prostate. timeline
- Two years after 1887: At the British Medical Association meeting in Leeds, McGill presents patients holding their prostates in jars. timeline
- 21 November 1890: McGill dies, of diabetes with carbuncles. timeline
Sources
Sources
- BAUS Virtual Museum: Arthur Fergusson McGill Museum or society dead link
- BAUS Virtual Museum: Suprapubic prostatectomy Museum or society
- Urology News: Urology in Leeds Secondary