Peter Freyer

Surgeon, London; formerly of the Indian Medical Service contested

Dates: 1851-1921 (source: EAU History Office: Sir Peter Freyer )
Chapters: IX. The Gland That Stands Before

Contested

Freyer presented total enucleation as his own operation in 1901, but McGill (1887), Belfield (1890) and Fuller (1895) had performed or published transvesical enucleation before him. His contribution was volume, standardisation and promotion.

Sources

BAUS Virtual Museum: Suprapubic prostatectomy Museum or society
EAU History Office: Sir Peter Freyer Museum or society
Wikipedia: Peter Freyer Secondary

What the film says

Performed the transvesical operation in 1900, called it total removal of the prostate, published it as his own, performed it more than a thousand times and caused anger in New York and Leeds.

Watch 50:12 in the film IX. The Gland That Stands Before

On the timeline

1 December 1900: Peter Freyer performs his first 'total enucleation' of the prostate at St Peter's Hospital, London. timeline
July 1901: Freyer publishes the operation in the BMJ as his own, provoking anger in America and in Leeds. timeline

Sources

EAU History Office: Sir Peter Freyer Museum or society
Wikipedia: Peter Freyer Secondary
BAUS Virtual Museum: Suprapubic prostatectomy Museum or society