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or the stomach, which was not uncommon with rigid gastroscopy and which was often fatal, was prevented. According to an obituary, this achievement was not recognized accordingly and this innovation was later awarded to other doctors or Oser was not even mentioned. So did about the same time the
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process in 1839 and was therefore able to use elastic rubber. This flexible stomach tube conformed better to the human anatomy and was able to both alleviate the inconvenience of the examination and enable the doctor to analyze stomach function. In addition, dangerous perforation of the
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Fritz Knoll had inspected the arcade courtyard sculptures; on his instructions, fifteen monuments were removed and placed in a depot, including that of
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which were immortalized on his tombstone. A blessing in the Hebrew language ("His soul be bound into the bundle of life!"), abbreviated ת נ צ ב ה concludes the inscription. The
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after that at the transition of the central nervous system to Spinal cord located. They also tried to experimentally determine the triggering of uterine movements when the blood was overloaded with carbon dioxide.
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His urban, unaffected nature and his efforts to encourage students have given him immortalized sympathy. The sick, to whom he was always a helpful comforter in his kind heart, adored him.
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Leopold Oser was born as the son of the textile merchant
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and his technical director L. Curtiss, using fiberglass optics.
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found its way into gastroscopy, an invention of gastrologist
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