You have accessJournal of UrologyHistory of Urology Forum II (HF02)1 May 2024HF02-08 ANATOMICAL RACISM TO RACIST UROLOGY: LEGACY OF JOSEPH MACLISE Myles Ayer and Michael E. Moran Myles AyerMyles Ayer and Michael E. MoranMichael E. Moran View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/01.JU.0001008760.25751.09.08AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Joseph Maclise (1815-1880) was a well-known but now largely forgotten surgeon/anatomist. He wrote a popular book on Surgical Anatomy that has interesting ramifications to Civil War-torn America and currently in urology. We next turned our attention to systemic racism and manifestations in urology. METHODS: A review of all aspects of the biographies, writings and published works of Joseph Maclise was performed. The Wellcome Institute was most helpful. We also investigated "systemic racism" in urology which has a surprisingly robust recent outpouring of papers and reviews. RESULTS: Joseph Maclise was the second son (of 7) to Alexander Maclise of Cork and married Rebecca Buchanan. He studied at the University College of London and worked with Robert Liston and Samuel Cooper in surgery with strong interest in proto urology. His elder brother Daniel was a famed painter in his own right (some collected by Osler). They both appear as iconoclasts, but Joseph's use of black cadavers in his anatomy was edited out of U.S. editions. Peter Davidson's off-color remarks regarding prostate cancer in the indigenous Māori population of New Zealand suffices as exemplification of current urological recidivism. A whole edition of Urology has turned its attention to urology and systemic racism. CONCLUSIONS: The enormous popularity Surgical Anatomy led to a second revised second edition, and at eve the American Civil War a U.S. Edition. One image, shown below (Figure 1) is iconographical like a famed Vesalius image; showing similar relationships of kidneys to viscera, this time for surgeons interested in the urinary tract. Maclise was certainly not racist, but his American publisher for sure was between a rock and a hard place. Urology in America today is facing the exact same issues- now termed "systemic racism" by the new hierarchy- academia. Imagery, language, and portrayal of any notions based on skin color is more than likely to result in negative connotation and redactive editing. Download PPT Source of Funding: None © 2024 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 211Issue 5SMay 2024Page: e275 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2024 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.Metrics Author Information Myles Ayer More articles by this author Michael E. Moran More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...
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