[The history of discovery of bulbourethral glands]

S A Kutia; T P Sataeva; N G Nikolaeva; N Yu Printseva; G A Moroz

[The history of discovery of bulbourethral glands]

Urologiia. 2016 Aug:(3):108-111.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

S A Kutia¹, T P Sataeva¹, N G Nikolaeva^{2

3}, N Yu Printseva⁴, G A Moroz⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Biology, Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol.
² Department of Latin Language and Medical Terminology, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan.
³ Department of Russian Language and Applied Linguistics Kazan Federal University, Kazan.
⁴ Department of Foreign Languages 4, Institute of Foreign Philology, Taurida academy of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University.
⁵ Department of Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy with a Course of Physical Training, Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal Universit.

PMID: 28247640

Abstract

The article outlines the chronology of the discovery of the bulbourethral glands. Their first image appeared in 1600 in a collection of anatomical tables by Italian anatomist Hieronymus Fabricius of Acquapendente. In the scientific literature, they were first mentioned in one of the editions of "Journal des scavans" in 1684 as discovered by the French surgeon Jean Mry. The first detailed description of the structure, topography and function of these glands was presented in the work of English physician and anatomist William Cowper in 1699.

Keywords: Hieronymus Fabricius; Jean Mry; William Cowper; bulbourethral gland; history of the anatomy.

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Animals
Bulbourethral Glands / anatomy & histology*
Bulbourethral Glands / metabolism*
History, 17th Century
Humans
Male