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BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy (1794 – 1866)

BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy (1794 – 1866)

1794 – 1866

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1829 CE

#3327

[Description of the glottiscope.]

Babington was responsible for the introduction of laryngoscopy. He demonstrated a crude “glottiscope” to the Hunterian Society on March 18, 1829, but his effort attracted little attention.

1865 CE

#3064.2

Hereditary epistaxis.