Abstract
“Sir, you have a stone in the bladder,” said Thompson with a great deal of certainty. “That is impossible” retorted the patient, “I have been assured by a very rising surgeon that there is nothing of the kind present.” Thompson looked at the patient and said simply, “Sir, I have risen.” Henry Thompson (Fig. 1), born in 1820 in Framlingham, Suffolk, was the son of a strict preacher. Despite his father’s objections, Henry pursued a career in medicine. He graduated from University College Hospital in 1850 and became a house surgeon.
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