In the August issue of Urology, Martin et al. outlined the racist legacy of Anders and Gustaf Retzius, principal
engineers of the pseudo-science of racial biology.
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At the Karolinska Institute, their study of racial biology led to named buildings.
In Urology, Ander's description of the “Space of Retzius” has been perpetuated by
urologists, current authors included. It is time to erase the Retzius eponym from
our field.Key words
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References
- The Complex History of Retzius: More Than a Preperitoneal Eponym.Urology. 2022;
- The Origin of the Long-Skulled Germanic Race.Measuring the Master Race: Physical Anthropology in Norway 1890-1945. 1st ed. Open Book Publishers, 2014: 1-16
- Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016; 113: 4296-4301
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Accepted:
November 7,
2022
Received:
November 6,
2022
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