THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY OF BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS


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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 Méry. 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.

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S. A Kutia

Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Email: sergei_kutya@mail.ru
Dr.Med.Sci., Prof., Head of the Department of Medical Biology Simferopol

T. P Sataeva

Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Email: tanzcool@online.ua
Simferopol

N. G Nikolaeva

Kazan State Medical University; Kazan Federal University

Email: eulen@mail.ru
Kazan

N. Yu Printseva

Institute of Foreign Philology, Taurida academy of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Email: princeva_1@mail.ru

G. A Moroz

Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal Universit

Email: moroz062@yandex.ru
Simferopol

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