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[In commemoration of Adolf Kussmaul's 200th birthday: Describer of the Kussmaul Breathing and pioneer of endoscopy].
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March 2023
Pneumologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland.
Adolf Kussmaul (1822-1902) studied medicine in Heidelberg. The name Kussmaul is known worldwide for the panarteritis nodosa, the pulsus paradoxus and the venous pulse in callous mediastinopericarditis as well as the high-frequency and deep breathing in diabetic ketoacidosis. Kussmaul was also a pioneer in the endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the oesophagus and stomach.
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J Hist Neurosci
October 2022
College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
In most parts of the developed world today, the neurological diagnosis of poliomyelitis is discussed only as a historical curiosity. For decades an epidemic cause for lameness and paralysis in infected children, reported cases of polio plummeted following the introduction of effective vaccines against the causative virus in the 1950s and 1960s. Much has been written of the trials and successes of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, but little is generally known about how the disease was originally named.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Iron Henry: How One Sword Swallower Advanced Modern Medicine.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
June 2021
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Sword swallowing is an ancient skill that was developed by the fakirs of India and slowly permeated the globe leading up to the late 19th century. Its rise as a popular circus act in Europe coincided with the surge of inventive young minds in the medical community. This crossroad brought about a working relationship between Dr Adolf Kussmaul and a sword swallower named the "Iron Henry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHallmarks in history of esophageal carcinoma.
J BUON
July 2019
University Institute of History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France.
Esophageal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers due to its aggressive behavior and poor survival. It was mentioned in the works of ancient Chinese and Arabo-islamic physicians, centuries before the recognition of high incidence in the Asian esophageal cancer belt. Till the 19th century the disease was considered incurable and the main goal of the proposed treatments was to alleviate dysphagia and pain.
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