The medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms during the nineteenth century

Abstract

Medical management and lifestyle changes rather than surgical interventions, are used for many urological problems. This was also the case in the past. The use of herbal medication for urinary symptoms in the nineteenth century is reviewed as well as the acceptance of herbal medicine at that time. The place of conservative therapy is studied in context of the global management of lower urinary tract symptoms during the nineteenth century. During this time period, lower urinary tract symptoms were still mainly managed with herbal treatments, despite the advances in science and chemistry; anything resembling a modern pharmacopeia postdated the nineteenth century.