Talk:Catheter

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What year was the catheter invented?

[edit] when was the catheter invented?

The Egyptians used papyrus and the Greeks used reeds. The techniques used to drain the bladder are millenia old. See Shokeir, A & Hussein M. (1999) "The urology of Pharaonic Egypt" BJUInt 84:7 aaaaaaaa.UPDATE