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    Lower urinary tract lithiasis, also known as bladder stones or kidney stones, has afflicted notable historic figures throughout recorded history. The earliest known case was discovered in 1905 during an excavation in Egypt, where archaeologists found a large bladder stone within the remains of a 16-year-old boy dating back to around 4800 BC. While the discovery provided the oldest known evidence of lower urinary tract stones, limited information could be learned about the individual due to unusual burial practices that diverged from Egyptian tradition.

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    Lower urinary tract lithiasis, also known as bladder stones or kidney stones, has afflicted notable historic figures throughout recorded history. The earliest known case was discovered in 1905 during an excavation in Egypt, where archaeologists found a large bladder stone within the remains of a 16-year-old boy dating back to around 4800 BC. While the discovery provided the oldest known evidence of lower urinary tract stones, limited information could be learned about the individual due to unusual burial practices that diverged from Egyptian tradition.

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    Lower urinary tract lithiasis, also known as bladder stones or kidney stones, has afflicted notable historic figures throughout recorded history. The earliest known case was discovered in 1905 during an excavation in Egypt, where archaeologists found a large bladder stone within the remains of a 16-year-old boy dating back to around 4800 BC. While the discovery provided the oldest known evidence of lower urinary tract stones, limited information could be learned about the individual due to unusual burial practices that diverged from Egyptian tradition.

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    Lower urinary tract lithiasis is among the oldest of known human maladies, with an often dubious and barbaric

    legacy spanning the full course of recorded human history. Notable sufferers of lower urinary tract lithiasis include Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Bacon, John Marshall, Peter the Great, Louis XIV, George IV, Boerhaave, Scarpa, and Napoleon Bonaparte and his descendants (Ellis, 1969; Khai-Linh and Segura, 2006). Ellis, 1969. Ellis H: A history of bladder stone. Oxford, Blackwell, 1969. Khai-Linh, Segura, 2006. Khai-Linh H, Segura JW: Lower urinary tract calculi. In: Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Novick AC, et al ed. Campbell-Walsh urology, 9th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2006:2663-2674.

    In 1905, Shattock described what may be the earliest known case of lower urinary tract stone disease, when excavation of gravesites in Egypt revealed a 6.5-cm bladder calculus within the pelvis of the body of a 16-year-old boy, dating back to approximately 4800 BC. Given that the methods of burial diverged from Egyptian tradition, little else about the background of the remains could be surmised (Shattock, 1905). Shattock, 1905. Shattock SG: A prehistoric or predynastic Egyptian calculus. Trans Pathol Soc Lond 1905; 56:275.

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    A Prehistoric Or Predynastic Egyptian Calculus Transactions of the Pathological Society. [Offprint] S. G. Shattock Adlard and Son, 1905 290 pages Egypt

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